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0 pointskevin_thibedeau6y ago0 comments

A byte could be 6,7,8, or 9 bits depending on platform.

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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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0 pointskevin_thibedeau6y ago0 comments

A byte could be 6,7,8, or 9 bits depending on platform.

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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