[note: forwarded to C++ Committee. -sdc ]

7.1.5.2/caption for Table 7:
"It is implementation-defined whether bit-fields and objects of char
type are represented as signed or unsigned quantities. The signed
specifier forces char objects and bit-fields to be signed; it is
redundant with other integral types."

The last sentence in that quote is misleading w.r.t. bit-fields. The
first sentence in that quote correct but incomplete.

Proposed fix: change the two sentences to read: "It is
implementation-defined whether objects of char type are represented as
signed or unsigned quantities. The signed specifier forces char objects
signed, it is redundant with other integral types except when declaring
bit-fields (9.6)."



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