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CORBA23 — Size of IDL char

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  • Key: CORBA23-206
  • Legacy Issue Number: 1753
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: The IDL chapter says on page 3-24:

    OMG IDL defines a char data type that is an 8-bit quantity which...

    This seems to imply that chars must map to an 8-bit type in the target
    language. Not all CPUs can do this. For example, on a Cray, chars are a
    32-bit type.

    I would suggest to remove the size requirement.
  • Reported: CORBA 2.2 — Thu, 30 Jul 1998 04:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Closed; No Change — CORBA 2.3
  • Disposition Summary:

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  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 21:36 GMT