char vs CHAR

[Lindley]

windows.h does things like that all the time. Smile and nod.

I'm sure someone thought at one time that it might be a good idea, and ever since then that's been Just The Way It Is.

Also, using such typedefs would theoretically allow code to survive changes to the underlying language (such as how large a char is), simply be altering the typedef. However, since Microsoft wrote the most common Windows compiler, and has no interest in porting Windows to other systems, this seems like needless effort.