Hmmm..... Oh sweet heavens. I think you're right. Okay. I need a few hours (or days) to let think sink into my thick skull.
Hmmm..... Oh sweet heavens. I think you're right. Okay. I need a few hours (or days) to let think sink into my thick skull.
Interesting... Same code:
Results from two compilers (emphasis mine):Code:#include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("size of int: %i\n", sizeof(int)); printf("size of long: %i\n", sizeof(long)); printf("size of long long: %i\n", sizeof(long long)); printf("size of long long int: %i\n", sizeof(long long int)); return 0; }
Compiler 1:
size of int: 2
size of long: 4
size of long long: 4
size of long long int: 4
Compiler 2:
Error E2176 x.c 7: Too many types in declaration in function main
Error E2176 x.c 8: Too many types in declaration in function main
*** 2 errors in Compile ***
Not the results you got
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Yea I didn't mean to provide some production code, just trying to demonstrate the concept. I'm running an i686 with the 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 linux kernel and compiled with gcc 3.4.5. Systems like mine will always get the same result, but may very on other systems.
> "In addition; there are a number of qualifiers that can be applied to these basic data types. short and long apply to integers".
I think what it's trying to say is that you can't have for example
long char foo;
short double bar;
Whereas with qualifiers you can have
volatile char foo;
const double bar;
long and short only apply to integers, not chars, floats, doubles or pointers.
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