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Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name.

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In <number-20120423234415@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

>   The largest value a single bit can hold is not limited.

That's stretching the meaning of the word "hold", isn't it?

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Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. John Reye <jononanon@googlemail.com> - 2012-04-23 12:38 -0700
  Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de> - 2012-04-23 22:08 +0200
    Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-04-23 16:45 -0400
  Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. John Reye <jononanon@googlemail.com> - 2012-04-23 13:28 -0700
    Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-04-23 17:01 -0400
    Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-05-04 00:30 -0700
  Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-04-23 13:36 -0700
  Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-04-23 17:11 -0400
  Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-04-23 22:03 +0000
  Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. John Reye <jononanon@googlemail.com> - 2012-05-03 15:35 -0700
    Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-05-04 09:00 +0200
      Re: Generates integer literal of the largest value a variable can hold. Macro takes only variable-name. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-05-04 07:54 -0400
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