Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 1998 20:31:16 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id:	<199801150431.UAA16287@adit.ap.net>
Mime-Version:	1.0
To:	Noam Rotem <nrotem AT johnbryce DOT co DOT il>, Anthony DOT Appleyard AT umist DOT ac DOT uk
From:	Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject:	Re: Bit fields in djgpp: +1 turned into -1
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

At 04:14  1/14/1998 PST, Noam Rotem wrote:

>Anyway, about your final remark there: isn't it better to use:
>
>   typedef unsigned int uns 
>
>rather than :
>
>   #define uns unsigned
>
>?? This form is checked by the compiler (and not precompiled), and sounds a 
>better way to do the same. 
Except that his way, you can write things like:

uns long foo;
uns char bar;

etc. It's a matter of style, anyway. I find it decreases readability, but YMMV.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net

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