Size of int

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Agoston Bejo

What does exactly the size of the int datatype depends in C++?
Recenlty I've heard that it depends on the machine's type, i.e. on 16-bit
machines it's 16 bit, on 32-bit machines it's 32 etc.
Is this true? Is this true for _all_ C++ compilers?
 
Agoston said:
What does exactly the size of the int datatype depends in C++?
Recenlty I've heard that it depends on the machine's type, i.e. on 16-bit
machines it's 16 bit, on 32-bit machines it's 32 etc.
Is this true? Is this true for _all_ C++ compilers?
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According to the C++ standard, int is at least 16 bits. So in some
systems it may be 16 bit, in others 32, and in others 64 etc.

In .NET it is 32.
 
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