Greg Ewing wrote:
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> If a word is needed for this concept, then invent a new
> one, e.g. "size unit", rather than reusing "byte", which
> everyone already understands as meaning 8 bits.
>
Maybe everyone understands it as 8 bits, but it has always been wrong.
Byte is a unit of storage, which o
Greg Ewing wrote:
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> Blarg. Well, I think the wording of that part of the
> standard is braindamaged. The word "byte" already has
> a pre-existing meaning outside of C, and the C standard
> shouldn't be redefining it for its own purposes.
>
> This is like a financial document that defines "dollar"
