drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley) (04/16/87)
Under the new ANSI standard, if you want to, say, define a type 'int12' that has at least 12 bits (signed), you can write: #include <limits.h> #if CHAR_MAX >= 2047 typedef signed char int12; #elif SHRT_MAX >= 2047 typedef signed short int12; #elif INT_MAX >= 2047 typedef signed int int12; #elif LONG_MAX >= 2047 typedef signed long int12; #else #error No integer type wide enough for 12 bits! #endif And it's portable! Dale -- Dale Worley Cullinet Software UUCP: ...!seismo!harvard!mit-eddie!cullvax!drw ARPA: cullvax!drw@eddie.mit.edu Un*x (a generic name for a class of OS's) != Unix (AT&T's brand of such)