On Sunday 17 April 2005 10:45, Ales Katona wrote: > First of all Integer should be size independent, that is, xy bits > depending on the platform.
I second that. > Second, we should "force people in a friendly way" to use more > readible names like: > sint32, uint64, etc. than "cardinal" 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. > In a few years when 64 bits are normal, what will cardinal become? > who knows.. 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. Vinzent. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel