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2024-11-11

1797. Are all bit patterns of unsigned char distinct numbers?

[Moved to DR at the November, 2014 meeting.]

According to 6.8.2 [basic.fundamental] paragraph 1,

For unsigned narrow character types, all possible bit patterns of the value representation represent numbers.

Presumably the intent is that each distinct bit pattern represents a different number, but this should be made explicit.

Proposed resolution (February, 2014):

Change 6.8.2 [basic.fundamental] paragraph 1 as follows:

...For unsigned narrow character types, all each possible bit patterns pattern of the value representation represent numbers represents a distinct number. These requirements...