Re: portability issues and limits.h

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Date	2011-09-22 19:23 -0400
From	pete <pfiland@mindspring.com>
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Subject	Re: portability issues and limits.h
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V.Subramanian, India wrote:

> '5.2.4.2.1 Sizes of integer types
> <limits.h>' :
> 
> The implementation-defined values shall be equal or greater in
> magnitude(absolute value) to those shown with the same sign.

> If I use the #defined macros INT_MIN and INT_MAX from limits.h, then
> under the implementation that I use, the corresponding values are
> -2147483648 and +2147483647 respectively whereas the ISO C99 Standard
> requires lower absolute values than these.

> Please explain.

The values on the implementation that you are using, are:

   "equal or greater in magnitude(absolute value)"

just as the standard requires.

-- 
pete

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portability issues and limits.h "V.Subramanian, India" <subramanian100in@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-22 07:32 -0700
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  Re: portability issues and limits.h pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-09-22 19:23 -0400

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