Re: Coding Standards are ignorant

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From: Dan Pop
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 22:31

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In <MIB.96Mar18105957@gnu.ai.mit.edu> mib@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I. Bushnell, p/BSG) writes:

>You are not guaranteed that long is the widest integral type.  

Yes, you are.  ANSI classic 3.1.2.5:

    There are four signed integer types, designated as signed char, 
    short int, int, and long int.

The standard doesn't leave any place for extensions here.

Dan
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