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From: James Kuyper <kuyper@wizard.net>
Subject: Re: integer types
Date: 2000/06/28
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Greg Brewer wrote:
> 
> I just discovered that Borland C++ supports types of __int64, __int32,
> __int16, and __int8.  Is this standard or an extension?  Does MS or any
> other C++ support it?

It's an extension. As a general rule, identifiers starting with '_' are
likely to be implementation specific. Exceptions: __LINE__, __FILE__,
__DATE__, __TIME__, __STDC__, __cplusplus. There may be more exceptions
that I've missed; it's difficult to search a PDF file for strings
starting with '_'.

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