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             Status|NEEDINFO                    |NEW




------- Additional Comments From bondolo@jxta.org  2007-07-09 10:37 -------
For the same reason that uint32 and int32 is used rather than unsigned int or
signed int--the size of "char" is not fixed. 

Admittedly char is almost always 8 bits except for some obscure embedded OSes
that are used Asia (native 16 bit chars) and are not likely targets for APR.

Using only the uint* and int* types for wire protocols has a nice symmetry and
specificness as well. ie.

struct foo {
  int8  version;
  uint8 type;
  int16 thing;
  uint16 length;
  int32 signature;
  uint32 control;
  int64 offset;
  uint64 time;
};



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