Vinzent Hoefler wrote / napísal (a):
On Sunday 17 April 2005 10:45, Ales Katona wrote:
First of all Integer should be size independent, that is, xy bits
depending on the platform.
I second that.
Second, we should "force people in a friendly way" to use more
readible names like:
sint32, uint64, etc. than "cardinal"
No. Such stuff is only needed when you do hardware-interfacing. And that's the _only_ reason someone would need types with defined bit-sizes.
In a few years when 64 bits are normal, what will cardinal become?
who knows..
That's why Pascal has range types. Define the range you need, and don't use "just some type" which has the range you think you will need.
Vinzent.
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And how about ABI and API compatibility?
Ales
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