> >I personally find it offensive that most C compilers for the PIC (the only
> >exception I know of is HiTech's) regard "int" as an 8-bit type and "long" as
> >a 16-bit type.  Both of these definitions are clearly contrary to the C stan-
>
>        AAAAAA  MMMMMMM    EEEEEEE  NNNNNN!!!!!!
>
> Andy
>

As someone else has already pointed out, the "C standard" does NOT define any
particular sizes for ANY integral data types; they are platform-dependent.  All
the standard says is (from Section A4.2 in K&R Second Edition):

"Besides the 'char' types, up to three sizes of integer, declared 'short int',
 'int',
and 'long int', are available. Plain 'int' objects have the natural size
 suggested by
the host machine architecture; the other sizes are provided to meet special
 needs.
Longer integers provide at least as much storage as shorter ones, but the
 implementation
may make plain integers equivalent to either short integers, or long integers.
 The 'int'
types all represent signed values unless specified otherwise."


Terms in single quotes ('') are in bold type in the book.  Thus, since the size
 of a PIC's
registers is 8 bits, this would be the "reasonable" size of an 'int', as
 dictated by the
above K&R section.  Short's and long's are then up to the compiler writer.

        Philip Restuccia
        philip.restuccia@peri.com