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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 18:01:18 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: typedef'ing a 24-bit integer
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Miguel Guerreiro wrote:
> 
> How can you do somethin kinda like this:
> 
>             typedef int24 (24-bit integer)
>             typedef uint24 (24-bit unsigned int)
> 
> I want it to take *exactly* 24-bit of space

You can't.

Why do you want to do this?
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Nate Eldredge
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