IMO, not a good way. According to the standard, the integer value of 'ABC' is implementation dependent. The IBM XLC/C++ Language Reference doesn't document how it will be treated (padding, alignment, etc) as far as I can see.
Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies, LLC http://coztoolkit.com Dovetailed Technologies: +1 636.300.0901 Note: Our website and domain name have changed from dovetail.com to coztoolkit.com On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, at 11:13 AM, Charles Mills wrote: > 'A' is just another way of saying 193. > > 'ABC' is just another way of saying 12698307. > > Charles > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
