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Re: bit_size_type - a data type?
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Richard Kenner
<kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> wrote:
>> I gues you'll get funny effects then, as for Nbit sizetype there's
>> usually no valid mode for (N+8)bit bitsizetype. In fact, I believe
>> bitsizetype simply "inherits" the mode from sizetype.
>
> No. We pick the mode that's *at least* 3 bits wider than sizetype, so
> it's usually the next larger integer mode.
>
Does this mean that if the sizetype is 32bit then bitsizetype is 64bit?
Regards,
Shafi