From: David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>
I don't understand why you'd choose int for one and short for the other when they have the same range requirements: both int and short are required to be at least 16 bits and neither short nor int is required to be more than 16 bits. Can you explain that?
AFAIK, the only thing you can say about the size of int is that it must handle the INT_MIN to INT_MAX range on a given platform and the only thing you can say about short is that it is no bigger than int and at least one byte. Have I missed something that requires both to be at least 16 bits? -- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;