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sizeof wchar_t
- To: egcs at cygnus dot com
- Subject: sizeof wchar_t
- From: Ryszard Kabatek <rysio at rumcajs dot chemie dot uni-halle dot de>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 15:10:35 +0200 (CEST)
On Linux, i686, the sizeof(wchar_t) == 4 bytes.
4294967295 characters can be stored in wchar_t. Wow!
What is the reason for such huge size?
Ryszard Kabatek
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Department of Physical Chemistry
Geusaer Str. 88, 06217 Merseburg, Germany
Tel. +49 3461 46 2487 Fax. +49 3461 46 2129
e-mail: kabatek@chemie.uni-halle.de