>Subject: Re: Compile warning using PRC tools: "shift count >= width of type"
>From: Max Bian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 18:42:10 -0800 (PST)
>
>This is interesting. I wondered why I didn't got kicked by writting
>stuff like this in the early days. I went back and checked.
>The reason was on Sun Sparc machines I used, the int is by
>default the same as long int.
>
>I am not sure if there is special platform reason on the choice of int size,
>but that's truely a good choice! This is probably not good for Palm. One
>simple reason can be waste of memory.
>
'int' by definition is the most efficient storage size so it varies!
Normally 'long' >= 'int' >= 'short', but I don't think that's
even mandatory.
Roger Stringer
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