> Perhaps we should go to unsigned char; if you want signed char, you
> can ask for it, and a lot of things work better if plain char is
> nonnegative.

I am inclined to say we shouldn't (go to unsigned chars, that is); code
that cares should already be asking for whichever flavor it wants, and
code that doesn't care should not be forced to use a potentially less
efficient one just for the sake of keeping broken code from being
recognized as broken. :-)

What are some of that "lot of things"?

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