Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 (Fortune 01.1b1); site graffiti.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!mhuxt!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!graffiti!peter From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Uses of "short" ? Message-ID: <238@graffiti.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 17:31:37 EDT Article-I.D.: graffiti.238 Posted: Tue Sep 24 17:31:37 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 04:22:36 EDT References: <486@houxh.UUCP> <2600015@ccvaxa> Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 16 Would it be a horrid assault on the spirit of 'C' to allow the following: int x:24; Which will be allocated the appropriate number of words for the machine involved? If this looks too much like a bit-field, and you're allergic to that for some reason, how about: int:24 x; Then you can define float foo:16; if you really think you can do something useful with 16-bit floats. Someone must use them for something...