64 bit architectures and C/C++

[Blair P. Houghton]

In article <1991Apr30.140217.7065 at world.std.com> wmm at world.std.com (William M Miller) writes:
>bhoughto at pima.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>>         short   <the shortest integer the user should handle; >= 8 bits>
>Actually, ANSI requires at least 16 bits for shorts (see SHRT_MIN and
>SHRT_MAX in <limits.h>, X3.159-1989 2.2.4.2.1).

I had my brain packed-BCD mode that day, apparently :-/...
The minimum sizes for the four integer types are:

	char	8 bits
	short	16
	int	16
	long	32

Other than that, one need only ensure that short, int, and
long are multiples of the size of a char, e.g., 9, 27, 36, 36.

				--Blair
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