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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 01:13:18 -0400, c186282 wrote:

> On 6/27/25 7:03 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:20:31 -0000 (UTC), Lew Pitcher wrote:
>> 
>>> These last two imply that both unsigned short int and int are at least
>>> 16 bits wide. At least, according to the standard.
>> 
>> Or, you know, just rely on the explicit definitions in stdint.h.
> 
>    sizeof() will give the right sizes.
> 
>    Simple, easy to write, 'best practice'.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


int main(void) {
    printf("sizeof(char) %ld \n", sizeof(char));
    printf("sizeof(short) %ld \n", sizeof(short));
    printf("sizeof(int) %ld \n", sizeof(int));
    printf("sizeof(long) %ld \n", sizeof(long));
    return 0;
}

$ ./sizeof
sizeof(char) 1 
sizeof(short) 2 
sizeof(int) 4 
sizeof(long) 8