[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2135: Biggest integral types for value-based template arguments

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2135: Biggest integral types for value-based template arguments
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-22 05:22:52

#2135: Biggest integral types for value-based template arguments
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 Reporter:  dlwalker                 |       Owner:  dlwalker
     Type:  Feature Requests         |      Status:  new     
Milestone:  To Be Determined         |   Component:  integer 
  Version:  Boost Development Trunk  |    Severity:  Problem 
 Keywords:  cstdint intmax           |  
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 This is based on the post at
 <http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2008/07/139965.php>:

 The `boost::intmax_t` and `boost::uintmax_t` types in
 "[source:trunk/boost/boost/cstdint.hpp_at_32397 boost/cstdint.hpp]" alias the
 largest built-in signed and unsigned integer types.  They should be the
 special 64-bit types, (`unsigned`) `long long` or` __int64`, on systems
 that support 64-bit registers (and no higher).  However, the
 `BOOST_NO_INTEGRAL_INT64_T` preprocessor flag warns when these types are
 not suitable as integral constant expressions.  Therefore, there needs to
 be types that indicate the largest integral types still suitable in
 integral constant expressions.

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