From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Declaring byte
Date: 29 May 2002 16:24:05 GMT
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Simon <hyn99 AT doc DOT ic DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:
> I am a new user of djgpp, I wonder whether I can declare a variable in
> the form of byte.  

Of course you can.  You can even call it a "byte" if you like:

	typedef unsigned char byte;

	byte a;

All C compilers for "usual" machines (PCs, Apples, whatever) have 8
bits in their builtin type "unsigned char".  The C standard doesn't
enforce this, though, so programs making this assumptions are no
longer fully portable.

OTOH, no code using inline assembly can ever be portable, anyway, so
that's not one of your problems...
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.