Re: [boost] Work that has been done on Unicode

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-21 09:46:10

> Peter Dimov wrote: 
> 
> > You need the C standard to get the complete picture; it states that 
> > USHRT_MAX is at least 65535.
> 
> The corresponding section of the C Standard you're referring 
> to states [Appendix E:1, implementation limits (informative)]:
> 
> The contents of the header <limits.h> are given below, in 
> alphabetical order. The minimum magnitudes shown shall be 
> replaced by implementation-defined magnitudes with the same sign.
> 
> So no restriction imposed from the Standard here, AFAIU.

Ok, I found it. You're right. It's in the C Standard: 5.2.4.2.1 Sizes of
integer types <limits.h>:

maximum value for an object of type unsigned short int
USHRT_MAX 65535 // 2^16 - 1

Sorry for the noise.

Regards Hartmut