Re: [boost] A more-exact variant on boost::(u)int_t

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-03-12 09:15:09

At 03:41 PM 3/11/2001 -0500, Daryle Walker wrote:

 >The class templates boost::int_t and boost::uint_t, in 
<boost/integer.hpp>
 >let an user find the smallest built-in type that has at least the given
 >amount of bits, if possible.  I was wondering if we could make similar
 >class templates, but only work if the given number of bits is _exactly_
 >a count of a built-in type.  For example, on most common systems, we
 >would want instances of 8 (unsigned char), 16 (unsigned short),
 >and 32 (unsigned long) bits to work, but would want counts like 24 or
 >13 bits to fail.

What about C99's and boost/cstdint.hpp int32_t, uint32_t, etc.?  Is there a 
reason you need a template rather than just specifying the particular type 
you want?

--Beman