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From: toebes@sas.UUCP (John Toebes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 16 bit Lattices? (Was: AllocMem() with 16-bit Manx)
Message-ID: <182@sas.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 27-Sep-87 11:52:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: sas.182
Posted: Sun Sep 27 11:52:52 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 28-Sep-87 01:59:35 EDT
References: <8709141841.AA06918@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <1584@gryphon.CTS.COM> <5136@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.,Cary NC,25712
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Summary: Lattice 4.0 Supports Short Integers

In article <5136@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer) writes:
> In article <1584@gryphon.CTS.COM> jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM (Joanne Dow) writes:
> >	I would suggest Aztec-C mainly because it will compile int's as either
> >16 bits or 32 bits (Most Atari compilers use 16 bit ints), and you don't want
> >to have to worry about a program compilable under BOTH 16 and 32 bit ints.
> >
> So does Lattice these days. 3.10 handles 16 bit or 32 bit integers nicely.
> 
> 3.10 will make "int"'s 16 bit objects? How do I convince it to do
> that? It isn't in the docs!
Actually, I think jdow mispelled a word or two.  Lattice 4.0 supports both
32 bit and 16 bit integers.  It comes with libraries for both as well as
full prototypes for the functions so you are not forced to clutter your code
with all those ridiculous casts to longs.  Furthermore it catches the most
common coding error with 16-bit integers - failing to declare a function
that returns a pointer.  ANy attempt to use the result (with or without a
cast) of a function returning an int as a pointer when compiled under 16-bit
integers will result in a warning message.  Furthermore it also has a option
to complain about any function that you call without a prototype in scope
so you can be sure that the calling conventions are correct.  

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