Re: `Word' data type

Peter Gerwinski wrote:

bits      signed       unsigned       C equivalent

  8       ByteInt      Byte           [unsigned|signed] char
 16       ShortInt     ShortWord      [unsigned] short
 32       Integer      Word           [unsigned] int == long
 64       LongInt      LongWord       [unsigned] long long

I suggest keeping yourself more closely with Borland Pascal and Delphi. And implement range to byte mapping i.e. if I define a range as 0..255 it should occupy only one byte.

I suggest:

bits signed unsigned C equivalent

8 shortint byte [unsigned|signed] char 16 smallInt Word [unsigned] short XX Integer cardinal [unsigned] int == long 64 LongInt LongWord [unsigned] long long

where XX is platform dependent: natural sizes, so could be 16, 32 or 64, 128 bits, etc.

Groetjes,

Berend.