From: mschulter AT  DOT value DOT net (M. Schulter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: # bits in int,char, long, shrttt
Date: 30 Apr 1997 18:54:10 GMT
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Brett J. Wiesner (brett AT allegro DOT cs DOT tufts DOT edu) wrote:
: could someone tell me how many bits there are in each of these:

The following information is for DJGPP, not necessarily other C compilers:

: int
int = 32 bits (4 bytes) -- DJGPP is indeed a 32-bit compiler

: long
long = 32 bits (4 bytes), the same as DJGPP int

: char
char = 8 bits (1 byte)

: short
short = 16 bits (2 bytes)

: long long
long long = 64 bits (8 bytes) -- the long long integer is a GCC feature

Please see the DJGPP FAQ and the GCC documentation for more information on
these points. 

Most respectfully,

Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net

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