david cournapeau xlicqarmediakyotouacjp greg ewing wrote word needed concept invent new one eg size unit rather reusing byte everyone already understands meaning 8 bits maybe everyone understands 8 bits always wrong byte unit storage often contains 8 bits always definition byte unit storage certainly precludes convention one byte 8 bits even always contained 8 bits would still wrong say one byte 8 bits btw byte notion unit storage actual size totally different concepts char unsigned char still different types need say sizeofchar sizeofunsigned char 1 leave bytes discussion altogether merely answering question using char first place totally difference concepts assume char byte thing sizeofchar 1 byte assume unsigned char byte thus unsigned char char proof contradiction cheers david _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 033256 0900 python3000 sizeofsize_t sizeoflong