Date:	Tue, 1 Jun 1999 09:43:16 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: typedef'ing a 24-bit integer
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On Mon, 31 May 1999, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> Miguel Guerreiro wrote:
> > Perhaps I didn't make myself clear, I only want it to take three bytes
> > when I save it to disk ( maybe packed ) not while I'm working with it...
> 
> So just use `int', and write it like:
> 
> putc(x);
> putc(x<<8);
> putc(x<<16);

...and don't forget to switch stdout to binary mode (e.g., with
`setmode') before you do the above.

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