Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 17:17:16 -0800 (PST)
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To: VAMPYR <vampyr AT ms1 DOT accmail DOT com DOT tw>,
        "djgpp AT delorie DOT com" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: a variable type
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At 09:34  3/4/1998 +0800, VAMPYR wrote:
>This code:
>===================
>fixed x, y;
>===================
>Is "fixed" a type modifier? (such as int or char..)
>What does it means?

Is this Allegro? If so, `fixed' is a type (I don't know what you mean by
`modifier'). It's used to implement fixed point arithmetic. But if you look
in <allegro.h>, you will see deep magic:

typedef long fixed;


Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net