| Date | 07 Jan 2000 01:21:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: time_t size: The year 2038 bug? |
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kullstam@ne.mediaone.net (Johan Kullstam) wrote on 05.01.00 in <m23dscf86w.fsf@sophia.axel.nom>:
> i'd also like to see C types with *specified* bit widths, e.g., > int16, int32, uint8 &c. then you could write more portable code when > you really need a certain number of bits like for CRC algorithms. in > case of 36bit computing on a pdp-10 the compiler could at least > complain about lack of 32 bit support (even if it would be easy to > add) instead of silently failing.
C0X will have all that.
MfG Kai
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