[Pan-users] Re: GigaNews warns "Usenet Growth Reveals Need for 64-bit Based Article Numbering"

[Duncan]

Zan Lynx <address@hidden> posted
address@hidden, excerpted below, on  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:12:05
-0600:

> It depends on the OS that you are using.  On Linux x86_64, long is 64
> bits.  On Windows, long is 32 bits.
> 
> The C99 types such as uint32_t, int64_t, etc. are the way to go if bits
> matter.  If you need an int that can hold a pointer, use intptr_t.
> 
> Most C/C++ compilers lower than C99 have these types as well, but under
> slightly different names.

Thanks.

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