8bit / 16bit

From: Poison64 (poison64_at_op.pl)
Date: 06/26/04

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    Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 14:23:07 +0200

    Hello,

        I'm writing a cross-platform application, and I need
        a type which will be guaranteed to be 8 bit long on
        every platform (windows,linux,dos, etc.). The first
        type which came into my mind was unsigned char,
        and as far as I know, it will always be 8 bit.

        Is there an unsigned type that will always be 16 bit?

        thx in advance,

        p.s. hmm, when I'm writing something in english, I have
        this strange feeling that I've made a lot of mistakes :))) (PL) 

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