From 8306180494705767199 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,bc2d9b2f726f122d X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-06-27 00:48:44 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!gatech!usenet.ufl.edu!clas.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!bwh From: bwh@kato.prl.ufl.edu (Brian Hook) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: #if sizeof( int ) == 2 Date: 27 Jun 1994 03:25:14 GMT Organization: Parallel Research Lab Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <2uk8lr$hkg@explorer.clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kato.prl.ufl.edu In-reply-to: thutt@clark.net's message of 26 Jun 1994 11:59:55 -0400 In article <2uk8lr$hkg@explorer.clark.net> thutt@clark.net (Taylor Hutt) writes: > One reason for not allowing it is cross compilation. The preprocessor for > your cross compiler can remain the same, and only the code generator need > change. This may be important for some, but when you are using an integrated environment then I don't think it's an issue. > At runtime, you can: assert(sizeof(int) == 2); > This will get caught immediately. But this won't allow me to do conditional compilation, which is what I want. An alternative is to use limits.h, which I'll try. Brian -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brian Hook | Specializing in real-time 3D graphics | | Box 90315 |---------------------------------------------| | Gainesville, FL 32607 | bwh@prl.ufl.edu | +- "Style distinguishes excellence from accomplishment" - J. Coplien -|