[vector] CharVector and unsigned bytes

[Richard Startin]

I see that there is no CharVector type - is there a plan for something like this or has it been ruled out, where the elements would behave like a Java char, except that operations would wrap rather than promote?

char is Java's only unsigned type, but there are many useful unsigned vector operations operating on 8 bit elements - might these be beyond the scope of the API because there is no such thing as an unsigned byte?

Thanks,
Richard