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Re: What does the "L" mean

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Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> writes:
> On Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:28:23 -0800, Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
> wrote:
[...]
>>A conforming implementation could make long int any size 32 bits
>>or wider.  The size in bits is a multiple of CHAR_BIT, which is at
>>least 8.  An implementation could have 33-bit long int; on such a
>>system characters would have to be either 11 or 33 bits.
>
> To be pedantic, aren't longs allowed to have pad bits?  Thus you could
> have a 33-bit long stored in five 8-bit characters.

Yes, C++ permits padding bits (bits that do not contribute to
the value).  You're suggesting a long type with a *size* of 5
bytes / 40 bits and a *width* of 33 bits, which is permitted.
(The width includes the sign bit.)

When I wrote "33-bit long int", I meant
    CHAR_BIT * sizeof (long int) == 33
I could have made that clearer.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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What does the "L" mean T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-03 23:38 -0800
  Re: What does the "L" mean Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-12-04 08:43 +0100
    Re: What does the "L" mean T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-04 00:05 -0800
      Re: What does the "L" mean Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-04 00:32 -0800
        Re: What does the "L" mean T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-04 00:33 -0800
        Re: What does the "L" mean Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2019-12-04 11:11 +0200
          Re: What does the "L" mean Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-04 01:14 -0800
      Re: What does the "L" mean "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2019-12-04 09:39 +0100
        Re: What does the "L" mean T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-04 00:51 -0800
      Re: What does the "L" mean Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2019-12-04 10:40 +0200
        Re: What does the "L" mean T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-04 00:56 -0800
          Re: What does the "L" mean Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2019-12-04 10:08 +0100
            Re: What does the "L" mean T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-04 01:20 -0800
              Re: What does the "L" mean Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-04 21:46 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-12-05 01:33 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-05 15:15 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-12-05 15:31 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-06 10:59 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-12-07 03:55 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-12-06 23:38 -0500
                Re: What does the "L" mean Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-12-06 22:36 -0800
                Re: What does the "L" mean Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-08 21:33 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-12-06 20:44 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-12-06 20:52 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-12-06 22:20 -0800
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            Re: What does the "L" mean Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-12-06 17:50 +0000
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              Re: What does the "L" mean boltar@nowhere.co.uk - 2019-12-07 11:57 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-12-07 12:04 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean boltar@nowhere.co.uk - 2019-12-07 13:05 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-12-07 13:16 +0000
                Re: What does the "L" mean Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-12-07 05:49 -0800
          Re: What does the "L" mean scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-06 16:36 +0000
      Re: What does the "L" mean Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-12-04 13:47 +0100
        Re: What does the "L" mean Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2019-12-04 04:57 -0800
        Re: What does the "L" mean "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2019-12-04 14:41 +0100
          Re: What does the "L" mean Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-12-04 15:06 +0100
        Re: What does the "L" mean James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-12-04 08:55 -0500
    Re: What does the "L" mean T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-04 00:34 -0800
  Re: What does the "L" mean Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-12-04 08:28 -0800
    Re: What does the "L" mean Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2019-12-05 09:32 -0600
      Re: What does the "L" mean Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-12-05 10:03 -0800

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