From -4621326082360239446 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f78e5,56fb630822a0662d X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-03-31 11:10:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!devnull From: hattons@globalsymmetry.com ("Steven T. Hatton") Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Erratum:Re: Why are fundamental type sizes not exactly specified? Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:10:34 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Asii Lines: 21 Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: <8b42afac.0403290821.c9b3689@posting.google.com> <4m1i6018ru7og1j06heppracmojvc27qho@4ax.com> <1080667910.810875@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1080760234 15654 10.0.0.1 (31 Mar 2004 19:10:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:10:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.oz.au ([128.250.1.22]) by news.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 1B8l6f-00044L-00 for mail2news@news.news.demon.net; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:10:33 +0000 X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU with ESMTP id i2VJATi2001552; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 05:10:29 +1000 (EST) X-Received: (from fjh@localhost) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id i2VJATbf001542; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 05:10:29 +1000 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu X-Authentication-Warning: serv3.gc.ash.giganews.com: news set sender to poster@giganews.com using -f X-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:29:53 -0600 X-User-Agent: KNode/0.7.6 X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@speakeasy.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-mulga_r1 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.2 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60-mulga_r1 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU id i2VJATi2001552 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:1470 I put the following in another message that hasn't shown up yet. For the most part it is nonsense. Please disregard it: Conceptually, I can see where exactly specifying the size might be used b= y a really smart compiler to pack multiple variables into the same hardware address using an offset to place the values. E.g., say I have a data type defined as having 8 bits.=A0=A0The=A0compiler=A0might=A0be=A0able=A0to=A0= put=A04=A0variables=A0of that type in the same 32-bit word.=A0=A0(Technically=A0that=A0probably=A0= would=A0be=A0the assembler's job.) --=20 STH --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]