greg ewing lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz martin v löwis wrote 36 byte addressable unit data storage large enough hold member basic character set execution environment blarg well think wording part standard braindamaged word byte already preexisting meaning outside c c standard shouldnt redefining purposes like financial document defines dollar unit currency use country concerned thoroughly confusing unnecessary particularly since seem defining byte mean thing char use term char first place greg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 062205 1200 python3000 sizeofsize_t sizeoflong