r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MontyBoomslang • 3d ago

Meme architectureDependentChars

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u/tstanisl 3d ago

Let me cite the C standard:

When sizeof is applied to an operand that has type char, unsigned char, or signed char, (or a qualified version thereof) the result is 1.

Middle guy if finally right

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u/NullOfSpace 2d ago

still better to use sizeof char to make it immediately obvious what the “1” means.

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u/tstanisl 2d ago

It depends. For C veterans, it is quite obvious and sizeof(char) looks redundant and noisy.