[fpc-devel] integer, cardinal

[Ales Katona]

Vinzent Hoefler  wrote / napísal (a):

>On Sunday 17 April 2005 10:45, Ales Katona wrote:
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>>First of all Integer should be size independent, that is, xy bits
>>depending on the platform.
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>I second that.
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>>Second, we should "force people in a friendly way" to use more
>>readible names like:
>>sint32, uint64, etc. than "cardinal"
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>No. Such stuff is only needed when you do hardware-interfacing. And 
>that's the _only_ reason someone would need types with defined 
>bit-sizes.
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>>In a few years when 64 bits are normal, what will cardinal become?
>>who knows..
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>That's why Pascal has range types. Define the range you need, and don't 
>use "just some type" which has the range you think you will need.
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>Vinzent.
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And how about ABI and API compatibility?

Ales