`Word' data type_(re)

Sat, 14 Jun 1997 07:57:00 +0200

Hallo peter@agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de ... Du hast am 13.06.97 eine Nachricht zum Thema `Word' data type
geschrieben - Selbst schuld wenn ich jetzt auch schreibe.

PG>Hello, everybody!
Hi
PG>I noticed a lot of confusion about Integer types in GNU Pascal.
PG>     bits      signed       unsigned       C equivalent
PG>       8       ByteInt      Byte           [unsigned|signed] char
PG>      16       ShortInt     ShortWord      [unsigned] short
PG>      32       Integer      Word           [unsigned] int == long
PG>      64       LongInt      LongWord       [unsigned] long long
PG>(BTW:  The number of bits is the same on all platforms, isn't it?)
PG>I was told more than once that `Word' should have 16 bits (like in
PG>Borland Pascal).  I made it 32 bits because this is the "natural"
It could be depend on the Compilerswitches? (there's a --borland-pascal  
switch?)
then it's the same as BP;  8bit shortint  byte
                          16bit integer   word
                          32bit longint   (longword)
 +                        64bit (hugeint) (hugeword)
?
advantage: BP programms can be compiled more identically.
(maybe someone uses specific type to swap sign by adding.... %-)
PG>behaviour.  In this case I would appreciate suggestions how to rename
PG>all GPC Integer types above (which I wouldn't like to do because I find
PG>the above quite consistent).
I like the above, too - it's nearly the same as it was defined here before  
GPC learned about the types...
PG>Greetings,
PG>    Peter

Chris
Chris

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