Diego Novillo wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:55, Jakub Jelinek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:36:12PM -0400, Diego Novillo wrote: >>> When we instantiate char_type_node in tree.c:build_common_tree_nodes >>> we very explicitly create a char_type_node that is signed or unsigned >>> based on the value of -funsigned-char, but instead of make >>> char_type_node point to signed_char_type_node or >>> unsigned_char_type_node, we explicitly instantiate a different type. >> C++ e.g. requires that char (c) is mangled differently from unsigned char >> (h) and signed char (a), it is a distinct type. > > Thanks, that answer my question.
But does it need to be streamed out differently? I mean, char_type_node could be streamed out as signed_char_type_node or unsigned_char_type_node, because the mangling has already been done. Paolo
