Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!sdrc!thor!scjones From: scjones@thor.UUCP (Larry Jones) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Style guides and portability Message-ID: <116@thor.UUCP> Date: 13 Jan 91 17:53:07 GMT References: <1163@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM> <14824@smoke.brl.mil> Distribution: comp Organization: SDRC, Cincinnati Lines: 12 In article , bevan@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen J Bevan) writes: > What about the cases where it is a requirement that a particular int > MUST be able to hold 32 bit numbers. If you transfer this to a 16 bit > int system, your software is going to die horribly. If the variable is required to hold 32 bit numbers, it should be a long (which is guaranteed to be large enough) rather than an int. I completely agree with Doug -- INT32 and friends are of no real value. ---- Larry Jones, SDRC, 2000 Eastman Dr., Milford, OH 45150-2789 513-576-2070 Domain: scjones@thor.UUCP Path: uunet!sdrc!thor!scjones It's going to be a long year. -- Calvin