Q: I think something's wrong with my compiler: I just noticed that sizeof('a') is 2, not 1 (i.e. not sizeof(char)).
A: Perhaps surprisingly, character constants in C are of type int, so sizeof('a') is sizeof(int) (though this is another area where C++ differs). See also question 7.8, and this footnote .
References:
ISO Sec. 6.1.3.4
H&S Sec. 2.7.3 p. 29
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