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Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ?

From James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ?
Date 2020-01-05 20:50 -0500
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On 1/5/20 12:09 AM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
> On 05.01.2020 04:43, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>>> On 1/4/20 5:48 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> [...]
>>>> You're right.  N4567 3.9.1 [basic.fundamental] paragraph 3 says:
>>>>
>>>>      The signed and unsigned integer types shall satisfy the constraints
>>>>      given in the C standard, section 5.2.4.2.1.
>>>>
>>>> My earlier post was based on N4842, which is a working draft for C++20
>>>> (and happens to be the document that I had open at the time).  In that
>>>> draft, 6.8.1 [basic.fundamental] paragraph 3 includes a table showing
>>>> the minimum widths of the 5 signed integer types:
>>>>
>>>>      Type              Minimum width N
>>>>      signed char       8
>>>>      short             16
>>>>      int               16
>>>>      long              32
>>>>      long long         64
>>>>
>>>> The widths are sufficient to specify the ranges, since unlike the
>>>> current edition of the C++ standard, N4842 mandates 2's-complement
>>>> for signed integers, including the extra negative value:
>> [snip]
>>> It hadn't occurred to me that this might be something they were planning
>>> to change. I wonder if they're planning to change any other features
>>> from "incorporate by reference" to "copy wording with modifications"?
>>
>> I don't know.  In this particular case the C++ requirements are
>> diverging from the C requirements.
> 
> We're ruled by "they".

"They" are the ISO C++ committee.

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uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? wolfgang bauer <schutz@gmx.de> - 2020-01-04 04:50 +0100
  Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-01-03 23:18 -0500
    Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? wolfgang bauer <schutz@gmx.de> - 2020-01-04 05:36 +0100
      Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2020-01-04 00:19 -0600
      Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@delq.com> - 2020-01-03 22:29 -0800
    Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-01-03 23:56 -0800
      Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-01-04 09:48 -0500
        Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-01-04 14:48 -0800
          Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-01-04 21:39 -0500
            Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-01-04 19:43 -0800
              Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2020-01-05 06:09 +0100
                Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-01-05 20:50 -0500
  Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-01-04 08:37 +0000
    Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-01-04 02:16 -0800
  Thank you. (was:Re: uint32_t is not the same as long unsigned int ?) wolfgang bauer <schutz@gmx.de> - 2020-01-04 15:15 +0100

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