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From: ewing@se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com (David Ewing)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Absolute size of 'short'
Keywords: unsigned wrap-around
Message-ID: <1600@se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com>
Date: 4 Aug 88 19:43:35 GMT
References: <214@ISIDAPS5.UUCP>
Reply-To: ewing@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM (David Ewing)
Organization: NCR Corp. Systems Engineering, San Diego
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In article <214@ISIDAPS5.UUCP> mike@ISIDAPS5.UUCP (Mike Maloney) writes:
>Dear C-Heavies,
>
>Is the size of a (signed or unsigned) short integer guarenteed to
>be two bytes? 

No, the only guarantees are short is less than OR EQUAL TO int
which is less than OR EQUAL to long.

For example, on the 32-bit machine where I work:

     long  =  32 bits (signed or unsigned).
     int   =  32 bits (       "          ).
     short =  16 bits (       "          ).

David A. Ewing
NCR -- Systems Engineering, San Diego