Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!gwyn@BRL.ARPA From: gwyn@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: casts to (void) [considered harmful] Message-ID: <541@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 17:49:58 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.541 Posted: Thu Aug 8 17:49:58 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 05:41:43 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 9 typedef unsigned short int16; typedef unsigned long int32; (note the bug fix, also) is equivalent to what you were trying to do, but does not need to be rewritten for different machines. In any case, most experienced C programmers will use "short" when 16 bits is known to suffice and "long" when 32 bits are needed. This is certainly not the main portability problem.