Re: [tz] [PROPOSED] Do not assume bytes have 8 bits

Paul Eggert via tz said:

* zic.c (convert, convert64): Mask bytes with 0xff before storing them, for portability to machines where bytes have more than 8 bits. Although this is surely only of theoretical interest, we might as well be portable.

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