Confusing data types in c++

int, long, float generally are all 32 bits,
short is generally 16 bits.

Do a sizeof(type)
to find the exact size, they are highly dependent on the machine they are compiled on, they always are guaranteed to be at least a specific size, and may be larger, (ie. an int is guaranteed to be at least 16-bits)... specified in C Spec I think

single?

depending upon the platform they may have different sizes.

The documentation should tell you.

Also you could write a program to tell you the size of types using the sizeof operator. Look it up.

[edited by - petewood on March 30, 2004 7:41:57 AM]

Thanks guys, i''ll do the sizeof thing.
I was reading from the time stamp counter and got weird results

sizeof(char) is guaranteed to always return 1. Actually int is not specified to have at least 16 bits. IIRC on original Gameboy int is only 8 bits.

[edited by - amag on March 30, 2004 7:57:26 AM]

correct, from 3.9.1 of the spec (para-phrased)

1) a char must be able to store any member of the implimentation''s basic character set

2) there are 4 signed integer types, "unsigned char", "short int", "int" and "long int". In this list, each type provides at least as much storeage as the one before it.

Which is why an int can be 8bits on something like the gameboy.

Strictly speaking, the sizes are up to the compiler. Different compilers (and even different versions of the same compiler) for the same platform might use different sizes for the same type.

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Strictly speaking, the sizes are up to the compiler. Different compilers (and even different versions of the same compiler) for the same platform might use different sizes for the same type.

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Ok, sorry for not speaking strictly, you are correct. However I don't remember which compiler I used when programming for the Gameboy, since it was four score and seven years ago. Probably some version of LCC, but since the Z80 is an 8-bit processor it's quite likely that any other C-compiler for the Gameboy also stores int:s as 8 bits.

[edited by - amag on March 30, 2004 6:14:41 PM]