Uses of "short" ?

[hamilton at uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU]

too bad you can't do something like:
	#define INT(max)	\	/* /usr/include/int.h */
	#if max<32768		\	/* machine-dependent */
		short		\
	#else			\
		long		\
	#endif

	INT(20000) x;		/* -> short x; */
	INT(50000) y;		/* -> long y; */
with cpp.  maybe m4?  not real pretty, but then neither is "int16", etc.
i think it makes more sense to declare value range(s) than significant
bits.  at the least, it provides an extra degree of self-documentation.
(quick, somebody make me shut up before i say something nice about pascal!)

	wayne hamilton
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