r/ProgrammerHumor 2d ago

Meme bugIntroducedDebugging

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 2d ago

uint8_t

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u/yjlom 2d ago

char would be the correct answer, as the C standard doesn't mandate a byte be 8 bits (6 and 32 are very uncommon nowadays but not unheard of, and there's a few machines out there that get really creative).

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u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago

So even on weird platforms where char is a 32 bit type, sizeof (char) is 1, right? I can't remember.

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u/yjlom 2d ago

yeppers