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> Isn't it nonstandard (although I am aware of some compilers that do it) to 
> default the type of char to unsigned?

No.

  "The implementation shall define char to have the same range,
  representation, and behavior as either signed char or unsigned char."
  - C99

(Technically it's a separate type from both of them.)

-- Richard

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