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		Sean1708 on Dec 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Write a Shell in C (2015) `> The value of "sizeof (char)" in C is 1.` For those who might not be aware, this does not mean that a char is always 8 bits.

presto8 on Dec 6, 2016 [–]

According to C99 spec, the maximum number of bits for the smallest object that is not a bit-field is 8 bits. See "CHAR_BIT" in the C99 spec.

[1] http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1256.pdf

daurnimator on Dec 9, 2016 | [–]

Smallest. It might be larger (and infact it is in a lot of DSP toolchains)

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