> > While the explicit declaration of p_nice as signed char would solve the
> > problem, I'd much rather see either
> 
> I really don't see a plausible reason to object to it.
> 
> > 	p_nice declared as short
> 
> NO.

Hmm, I for one don't see a plausible reason to object this one :-).

> > 	p_nice left as a char, and have the NZERO code be fixed to allow
> > 		and use a value other than 0 for NZERO (just like PZERO).
> 
> This would be fine, too.

Anyway, I'll do this one then.
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