Stefan O'Rear wrote:
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 07:39:09PM +0100, Andrew Coppin wrote:
Int = 32-bit integer.
Int = 30 bits with undefined overflow behavior
That "undefined" gives implementations the freedom to use bigger
representations if convenient.
Personally, my rule of thumb is this:
Int = some number
Integer = some *big* number
Int32 (or whatever) = I actually want it exactly THIS size.
So I just use Int when I don't really care what size the integer is -
mainly becuase *everything* seems to use Int and it saves on explicit
type conversions all over the place. (I'm not actually too sure that Int
*should* be used all over the place - but it'll never be changed, so...)
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