[pure-lang-svn] SF.net SVN: pure-lang:[499] pure/trunk/pure.1.in

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Revision: 499
          http://pure-lang.svn.sourceforge.net/pure-lang/?rev=499&view=rev
Author:   agraef
Date:     2008-08-14 22:13:28 +0000 (Thu, 14 Aug 2008)

Log Message:
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Add missing description of C char type.

Modified Paths:
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    pure/trunk/pure.1.in

Modified: pure/trunk/pure.1.in
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--- pure/trunk/pure.1.in	2008-08-14 21:31:33 UTC (rev 498)
+++ pure/trunk/pure.1.in	2008-08-14 22:13:28 UTC (rev 499)
@@ -830,7 +830,8 @@
 integer types are provided which are converted from/to the Pure types in a
 straightfoward way. The short type indicates 16 bit integers which are
 converted from/to Pure machine ints using truncation and sign extension,
-respectively. The long type
+respectively. The char type, which denotes 8 bit integers, is treated
+analogously. The long type
 .I always
 denotes 64 bit integers, even if the corresponding C type is actually 32 bit
 (as it usually is on most contemporary systems). This type is to be used if a


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