stats_char_mean(): char signedness is inconsistent in different architectures

[Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)]

Hi,

Could you please provide a function that acts on int8_t aka signed char?
Right now, you provide stats_uchar_mean(), which acts on unsigned chars 
(uint8_t), and stats_char_mean(), which acts on char(), and depending on 
the architecture, it can be signed or unsigned, but considering that it 
receives a pointer, even if it were signed, an assignment from int8_t 
would require a cast.

I think you should provide functions for fixed width types, but at least 
you could provide functions for signed chars.

Plain char should only be used for text.

Thanks,

Alex


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Alejandro Colomar
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