RE: [sv-bc] Is TIME integer or non_integer type?


Subject: RE: [sv-bc] Is TIME integer or non_integer type?
From: Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
Date: Wed Feb 11 2004 - 12:43:17 PST


On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, David W. Smith wrote:

> Hi Shalom,
> Are int, longint, shortint, byte, and bit all the same type?

They are all integer types. So says the SV LRM.

> The only difference is the size of the value. Time by the way is not
> "at least" 64 bits. It is exactly 64 bits. The only reason that integer is "at least" was due to backward compatibility and really
> it should be exactly 32 bits.

Brad has pointed out that 1364 specifies that time is "at least" 64 bits.

Regarding integer variables, it was 1364's intention to allow integer variables
to be 64 bits on a 64-bit machine, for example. The "at least" was deliberate.

Shalom

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