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Re: `quad' printf format specifier ?





  In message <Pine.LNX.4.05.9902081436140.307-100000@lo-pc3035a.hitc.com>you wr
ite:
  > OK, so an int is always the "native" machine's natural bit-length? ie. on
  > IA32, it's 32 bits, and on some 64bit architectures it's 64 bits? 
No, you can't assume that.  You can assume:

sizeof (long long) >=  sizeof (long) >= sizeof (int) >= sizeof (short) >= sizeof (char)


jeff