[Python-3000] sizeof(size_t) < sizeof(long)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Wed Apr 16 05:15:22 CEST 2008


Nick Coghlan wrote:

> and the C standard says that sizeof(char) == 1 byte.

Does it actually use the word byte, or does it just say the
"smallest addressable unit of memory" or something?

Seems to me it can't have it both ways, without also trying
to define the meaning of "byte", which I don't think it has
any business doing.

-- 
Greg



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