Ah, here is the e-mail objecting to the unsigned patch.
> Hi!
>
> On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Angelos Karageorgiou wrote:
> > > For me it seems like a compiler (or compiler option) problem - signed
> > > vs. unsigned chars.
> >
> > Yes you are right , the problem is BSD/OS specific , and indeed it has to
> > do with unsigned chars vs signed chars. I just did not know if others had
> > the problem too and since and a cast to (unsigned char) has no effect to
> > an 8bit char I decided to post the patch.
> >
> > Even test-ctype gives out different results when cp is cast as unsigned
> > chat and not a plain char. would you like the output from test-ctype for
> > unsigned chars ?
>
> I am not sure. This should be discussed among other developers. What we
> should use: signed or unsigned chars, anyone has an idea?
>
> > BTW i appreciate the work on postgres it is an awesome package
>
> Welcome!
>
> Oleg.
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