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C++ proposal: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte

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288 points Twirrim | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 22:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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Iwan-Zotow ◴[17 Oct 24 23:30 UTC] No.41874860[source]▶
In a char, not in a byte. Byte != char
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1. gpderetta ◴[18 Oct 24 10:34 UTC] No.41878054[source]▶
In C and C++ a byte and a char are the same size by definition. Don't confuse a byte with an octet.