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- From: danpop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop)
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- Subject: Re: Coding Standards are ignorant
- Date: 18 Mar 96 22:31:42 GMT
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- In <MIB.96Mar18105957@gnu.ai.mit.edu> mib@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I. Bushnell, p/BSG) writes:
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- >You are not guaranteed that long is the widest integral type.
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- Yes, you are. ANSI classic 3.1.2.5:
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- There are four signed integer types, designated as signed char,
- short int, int, and long int.
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- The standard doesn't leave any place for extensions here.
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- Dan
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