- small size tweak

diff --git a/coreutils/wc.c b/coreutils/wc.c
index 973929ebeb765caec76eedfb272bd616b1ee3e91..d89cb45f66a85c50a9374b128a7e85a3598d492f 100644 (file)
--- a/coreutils/wc.c
+++ b/coreutils/wc.c
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ int wc_main(int argc, char **argv)
        unsigned u;
        int num_files = 0;
        int c;
-       char status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
-       char in_word;
+       smallint status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+       smallint in_word;
        unsigned print_type;
 
        print_type = getopt32(argc, argv, "lwcL");