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From: diamond@jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: int32 et al.
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.023339.10802@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 25 Jan 91 02:33:39 GMT
References: <14905@smoke.brl.mil> <1991Jan21.135216.23447@odi.com> <1991Jan23.120327.17759@watmath.waterloo.edu> <1991Jan24.031542.7790@iguana.uucp>
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In article <1991Jan24.031542.7790@iguana.uucp> merce@iguana.uucp (Jim Mercer) writes:

>[ i'm just jumping into this thread, so please forgive me if this was already
>  said ]

It hasn't been said (I think).  But it still can't be forgiven.

>could the problem be resolved as such:
>/* define the type which is 8 bits on your system */
>#define BITS8	char
>/* #define BITS8	int */
>/* #define BITS8	some_other_type */

No.

>this also assumes your system has an 8 bit type.

Exactly.  And in C, there are no types smaller than char.  Inside a
structure, bitfields can be smaller than a char, but that doesn't
help this problem.
--
Norman Diamond       diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com
If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.