Word size problem with MSC

[Richard Bumby]

In article <9462 at hodge.UUCP> jdm at hodge.UUCP (jdm) writes:

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> 	Normally I would convert the case statement to a series of
> 	if...else statements, but I have been informed that the part of the
> 	code I am working on cannot be changed for reasons of future
> 	compatability.  Is there a patch for the MS C compiler, or some other
> 	action, that will allow the switch() function to accept 32 bit
> 	integers?
> 
> -- 
	This may not be the patch you are looking for, but as long as
you really don't need more than 65536 cases, you should probably find
a simple function that maps your domain into something that can be
represented by a 16 bit integer.  As long as it is declared to be an
int, the internal representation will be irrelevant.  The resulting
code will then be compatable with both 16 and 32 bit processors.
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