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From: benyukhi@motcid.UUCP (Ed Benyukhis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: GNU "C" Enumerated types
Message-ID: <6749@saffron1.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 91 17:15:26 GMT
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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Can someone please tell me if GNU "C" has a generic storage
allocation strategy, as it applies to an enumeration types?
I.e., I'd like to know if the compiler treats ENUMS as an
8 bit quantity if the value is between -128 and +127, signed/unsigned
16 bit integers or 32 bit fullwords?

Thanks,


Ed Benyukhis, Motorola CIG.