On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Robert Dewar wrote: > For another take, though the Ada standard extensively uses the word > integral, it does prefer integer type, by analogy with array type, > record type etc, where no adjective is available. > > But as noted the C++ standard prefers integral type, so might as well > standardize on that when talking about C or C++.
C99 uses "integer type". This was adopted consistently following DR#067 pointing out the variation in C90 between "integer type" and "integral type". http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/dr_067.html -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
