> From: Mark Perri [mailto:mperri@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:31 AM
>
> It might depend on the compiler, but at least in CCS I think
> an int is 8
> bits and
> a long is 16.
>
> Mark
>
>
> >int is a signed 16-bit number and unsigned char is an unsigned 8-bit
> >number.  I
> >don't think that's your problem, but it could come back to
> haunt you some time
> >later.

It does depend upon the compiler.  ANSI C does not specify the bit count of each
type, and not all compilers comply with ANSI anyway.  The compiler that is being
used by the original poster is Hi-Tech C.  They implement a 16-bit int.

-Mike

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