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John Thomas <therandshow@gmail.com> changed:
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--- Comment #7 from John Thomas <therandshow@gmail.com> 2012-04-05 00:02:03 UTC ---
Nice context for byte vs octet -
http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_BinaryInformationandRepresentationBitsBytesNibbles-3.htm
Careful with "short int" and "unsigned short int" as octet I believe generally
(though w/ basic data type lengths you can never be sure) maps to C/C++
signed/unsigned char != signed/unsigned int
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/variables/
Ultimately, even though you might confuse byte with short with octet, you will
rarely confuse octet with something that is not 8-bits long.
Also, with octet - it's not about range, it's about storage size, although if
an octet's unsigned (which I think it has to be), it should go from 0-255
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