Re: Q: void* vs. unsigned long

Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:22:27 +0000 (GMT)


On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

> > rank(long long int) >= rank(long int) >= rank(int) >= rank(short int)
> > >= rank(char)
>
> If that definition has been changed the C9X committee are broken. On X86
> for example short=long in size. Anyone who expects all the compilers to
^^^^^^^^^^
I assume you didn't mean that :)

> change their object sizes is to say the least misguided.

Especially on architectures which don't have four or five different
integer sizes...

Matthew.

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