mode Byte for transput

[chris hermansen]

Thanks for the reply Jose.  I will go with the short short bits definition.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 1:14 AM Jose E. Marchesi <jemarch@gnu.org> wrote:

>
> Hi Chris.
>
> > I was reading over an earlier conversation and I see two possible
> > definitions for Byte in that:
> >
> > mode Byte = short short int
> >
> > and
> >
> > mode Byte = short short bits
> >
> > I don't know that this was ever finalized; could we decide now?  At least
> > in a provisional way?
>
> The Algol 68 int/bits always corresponds to the C int/unsigned-int in
> the target.
>
> In most targets this is:
>
>      short short bits  - 8 bits
>      short bits        - 16 bits
>      bits              - 32 bits
>      long bits         - 64 bits
>      long long bits    - 64 bits
>
> In avr in 8-bits mode:
>
>      short short bits - 8 bits
>      short bits       - 8 bits
>      bits             - 8 bits
>      long bits        - 16 bits
>      long long bits   - 32 bits
>
> In avr in 16-bits mode:
>
>      short short bits - 8 bits
>      short bits       - 8 bits
>      bits             - 16 bits
>      long bits        - 32 bits
>      long lonb bits   - 64 bits
>
> So short short bits will always be 8 bits regardles of target, and thats
> the mode we wan to alias to Byte.
>


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