From: "Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
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Subject: Re: Are they there?
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NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 06:56:36 GMT
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Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 06:56:36 GMT
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"Robin Johnson" <robbat2 AT home DOT com> wrote in message
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> Weiqi Gao wrote:
>
> > David Parrott wrote:
> > >
> > > Heya all,
> > >     Sorry for the cryptic title but I would like to know if BYTE, WORD
> > > and DWORD are defined anywhere? If not what are there equivalent sizes
> > > so I can define them myself?
> > > The only one I know is #define BYTE unsigned char
> >
> > These types are used in the Windows SDK.
> >
> > typedef unsigned char BYTE;
> > typedef unsigned short WORD;
> > typedef unsigned int DWORD;
>
> typedef unsigned long int DWORD;
> is better for compiling with different compilers.
> it explicitly specifies that it wants 32 bits.
> unlike int, which is 32bits in DJGPP, but 16 bits in Turbo C++ v3

<OT>
But what about the Alpha and MIPS and other 64-bit chips?
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