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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote: > ricknu-0@student.ltu.se wrote: > > Citerar Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>: > >> Also, you don't want to force 'unsigned char' on code, because often > >> code prefers a machine integer to something smaller than a machine integer. > > > But isn't a bit smaller than a byte? Sorry, do not understand what you mean. > > For all processors, it is generally preferred to have integer operations > performed on a "machine integer." A machine integer is the natural data > type of the processor. If it's a 32-bit processor, the natural data > type for the ALU is a 32-bit int. If it's a 64-bit processor, the > natural data type for the ALU is a 64-bit int. If this is the case, then wouldn't "long" be preferable to "int"? > Jeff -- Vadim Lobanov - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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