char - unsigned integer primitive ?

[Ram Sank,]

Hi ,
I have a doubt on char . It is quoted as unsigned integer primitive with size of 16 bit.
since this is not signed should not the limit be 2 to power of 16.
if i say
char c= 33700; -----line 1.
should this not give compile error for loss of precision ?
Short is also 16 bit integer primitive (but signed!).
short c = 33700; --- line 2
This gives an compile time -loss of precision message .I understand this since we can store only -32768 to 32767 .
Why does not char behave the same ?

[Ilja Preuss]

An unsigned 16 bit integer can hold values up to 64535 (2^16 - 1).

[Ron Newman]

That should be 65535

[Ilja Preuss]

Doh!
Thanks for the correction...