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kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen) writes: > 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. It got passed a few months ago, to become C99. David Wragg - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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