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by pwdisswordfish2 2292 days ago
Option<u8>, given that in C ‘characters’ means bytes, not code points.
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kevin_thibedeau 2292 days ago
A byte could be 6,7,8, or 9 bits depending on platform.
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pwdisswordfish2 2292 days ago
Yes, but Rust doesn’t support those. So on platforms where both C and Rust run, bytes will be 8 bits.

Either way, no platform defines bytes to be Unicode code points.

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