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1 total messages Started by Bjarne Stroustrup Mon, 15 Sep 1986 00:46
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Author: Bjarne Stroustrup
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1986 00:46
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> Subject: Re: (or does it?)
> Path: ..!sun!guy (Guy Harris @ Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
> ANSI C compatibility.  From the May 1, 1986 draft, p. 23:
> 
> 	   The type of an integer constant is the first of the
> 	corresponding list in which its value can be represented.
> 	Unsuffixed decimal: "int", "long int", "unsigned long int";
> 	unsuffixed octal or hexadecimal: "int", "unsigned int",
> 	"long int", "unsigned long int"; suffixed by the letter "u"
> 	or "U": "unsigned int", "unsigned long int"; suffixed by the
> 	letter "l" or "L": "long int", "unsigned long int";
> 	suffixed by both the letters "u" or "U" and "l" or "L":
> 	"unsigned long int".

Yes, in such matters C++ will follow ANSI C. There will be no gratuitous
incompatibilities.
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