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From: brooks@lll-crg.ARpA (Eugene D. Brooks III)
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Subject: Re: Re: Uses of "short" ?
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Date: Sun, 6-Oct-85 12:31:33 EDT
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>I am inclined to prefer int8, int16, int32, ....

If that is your inclination then #define or typedef them.
You can even put it in "handy.h".  We bother the net with it.