greg ewing lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz david cournapeau wrote totally different concepts byte c type unit one returned sizeof operator word needed concept invent new one eg size unit rather reusing byte everyone already understands meaning 8 bits c impose sizeofunsigned type sizeofsigned type type one byte one char unsigned char would byte unsigned char char would obviously wrong char unsigned char still different types need say sizeofchar sizeofunsigned char 1 leave bytes discussion altogether greg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 063255 1200 python3000 sizeofsize_t sizeoflong