From:	"Adrian Francis" <adrian DOT francis AT cableinet DOT co DOT uk>
Subject:	Re:a variable type
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Date:	5 Mar 98 11:28:24 GMT
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I use this a lot in my 3D engine code.

fixed is a type definition like this...

typedef long int fixed;

so instead of typing...

long int n;

we can do...

fixed n;

although I prefer...

fix n;

because it's even shorter!

Does that explain it?

-ADRIAN-

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