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Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers

From Dr Nick <nospam-4@temporary-address.org.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers
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Date 2013-08-16 08:07 +0100
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"James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> writes:

> Additionally (and sorry for the detail but you did ask) in 64-bit mode there 
> are some cases where 64-bit integers are required and others where 64-bit 
> integers could be used but 32-bit integers would be better. Hence I was 
> asking about a suitable name for integers that would be 16, 32 and 32 wide 
> and another name for integers that would be 16, 32 and 64 wide.

int_133, int_136 and so on.  Or use int_244 and int_248 if you think
better in octets than rounded powers of 10.

With a nice fat comment in the header file where you define them of
course.

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Suitable type names needed for portable integers "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 22:34 +0100
  Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-15 17:49 -0400
    Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 01:51 +0100
      Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Dr Nick <nospam-4@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2013-08-16 08:07 +0100
      Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers christian.bau@cbau.wanadoo.co.uk - 2013-08-16 03:14 -0700
        Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 11:34 +0100
      Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-08-16 14:19 +0200
        Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 14:21 +0100
        Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-16 10:24 -0500
        Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-16 09:15 -0700
          Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-08-18 17:17 +0200
          Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2013-08-19 21:02 -0400
    Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers falk@rahul.net (Edward A. Falk) - 2013-08-19 20:44 +0000
      Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-19 17:05 -0400
        Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-08-19 23:02 +0100
        Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-20 14:46 -0700
          Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers jadill33@gmail.com - 2013-08-20 15:20 -0700
  Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers christian.bau@cbau.wanadoo.co.uk - 2013-08-15 17:18 -0700
  Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-08-16 09:08 +0100
    Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 10:16 +0100
    Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-16 09:03 -0700
      Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2013-08-16 16:53 +0000
        Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-16 10:45 -0700
      Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-16 13:04 -0400
  Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-16 03:40 -0700
    Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 12:51 +0100
  Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 13:31 -0500
    Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 22:37 +0100
      Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-16 17:12 -0700
        Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-08-17 08:13 +0100
          Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-17 08:58 -0400
  Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers jadill33@gmail.com - 2013-08-20 12:16 -0700
    Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-20 15:50 -0400
      Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-20 13:45 -0700
        Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-20 16:07 -0700
      Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers jadill33@gmail.com - 2013-08-20 14:22 -0700
        Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-08-23 09:10 +0100
  Re: Suitable type names needed for portable integers Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-20 22:17 -0700

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