On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Jarrett Billingsley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Yigal Chripun <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Also, I wonder what's the usage percentage for these keywords. how >> frequently do people actually use short/long instead of just int? >> > > I'd guess there are three use cases for non-native-word-sized ints: > > - Poor man's ranged int type (unsigned ints fall in that category too)
Er, I should say that unsigned ints _can_ be used for that purpose. There are certainly plenty of perfectly-justifiable uses for them.
