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In article <1995Aug13.144107.21353@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> A.Main@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Zefram) writes:
> <halasz@caip.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> >Yes, it requires it, if I want to declare a variable of the shortest 'int'
> >that can hold a numeral of so manie digits.  No other feature suggested is
> >useful, and therefore no "atleast:" is reallie needed.
[..]
> And why do you suggest that integer ranges be specified in terms of
> numbers of digits?  Bits make much more sense, as the value is actually
> repesented as bits.
[..]

halasz surely meant to specify "numer of digits + base", no?

typedef unsigned int (1:2) bit;
typedef unsigned int (1:3) trit;
typedef unsigned int (8:2) byte;
typedef unsigned int (1:10) digit;

-- Markus (hey, that would be useful on decimal and trinary computers!)