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Re: what about my array type?

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"io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> writes:
> "Keith Thompson" <kst-u@mib.org> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:lnoc1jal9u.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org...
>> "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> writes:
>> [...]
>>>> On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:08:36 +0200, "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> wrote:
>> [...]
>>>>>standard allow there is no unsigned X type with UXINT_MAX=0xFFFFFFFF?
>>>
>>> yes this too i know too, yes there will be one unsigned X type where
>>> UXINT_MAX=0xFFFFFFFF
>> [...]
>>
>> Incorrect; see my other followup.
>
> so is possible something as
> unsigned long   64 bits
> unsigned int    64 bits
> unsigned short  64 bits
> unsigned char    8 bits
>
> because unsigned log as to be at last 32 bits
> and sizeof(unsigned char)<=sizeof(unsigned short)<=
>     <=sizeof(unsigned int)<=sizeof(unsigned long) all as 2^n

Right.  I've worked on a system (Cray T90) with exactly those
characteristics.  (And it was mostly for interoperability reasons
that CHAR_BIT was made 8 rather than 64.)

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what about my array type? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-26 19:08 +0200
  Re: what about my array type? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2011-06-26 18:38 -0700
    Re: what about my array type? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-26 19:30 -0700
    Re: what about my array type? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-27 07:11 +0200
      Re: what about my array type? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-06-27 01:32 -0400
      Re: what about my array type? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-26 22:36 -0700
        Re: what about my array type? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-27 10:04 +0200
          Re: what about my array type? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-27 08:27 -0700
      Re: what about my array type? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2011-06-27 06:04 -0700
    Re: what about my array type? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-27 11:11 +0200
  Re: what about my array type? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-27 09:36 +0200
    Re: what about my array type? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2011-06-27 06:04 -0700

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