From: Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
Message-Id: <200003160836.JAA26445@lws256.lu.erisoft.se>
Subject: Re: Fastest integer type
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:36:59 +0100 (MET)
In-Reply-To: <200003151806.XAA01042@midpec.com> from "Prashant TR" at Mar 15, 2000 11:06:58 PM
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> Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se> writes:
> 
> > Are ints (32 bits) faster than chars (8 bits)?
> 
> I don't think there can be something like the fastest type.

I do realise that, but we have to provide the type nevertheless.

> On my Pentium, 8-bits seem to be faster than the 32-bit
> (according to some calculations that Linux does at boot-time).
> But on PII+, I think it's the other way round.

Ok, so what should int_fast8_t be? An int or a signed char?


Right,

							MartinS