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From: paul@moncam.co.uk (Paul Hudson)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: looking for >32-bit address space [and how will C handle it]
Summary: Extending the syntax (to allow int:3) has other advantages, too.
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Date: 19 Apr 89 16:47:00 GMT
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	 Then they can be used in casts (say, in assigning values to bitfields).
	 Then I can write compilers that give warnings for shortening assignments,
	 without spurious warnings. Or even better, I can extend gcc to do so.
Paul Hudson 

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