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Subject: Re: Standard int sizes
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Date: Fri, 10-Apr-87 13:29:03 EST
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> kyle@xanth.cs.odu.edu (kyle jones) wrote:
> I would like to see the sizes of C integral types standardized.
> One proposal might be:
> 	char	 8 bits
> 	short	16 bits
> 	int	32 bits
> 	long	64 bits

  If you need to know exact sizes of types, you should define your
own types using the preprocessor or typedefs.  That is, if you need
a 16 bit arithmetic type, use:

If "machine has compiler that uses 16 bits for 'short'"
#define int16  short

If "machine has compiler that uses 16 bits for 'int'"
#define int16  int