Re: 64 bit data types

"Florent Ouchet" <ouchet.florent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:43df1d6e$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
That doesn't fit, Integer would become redundant with Int64.

I don't see what problems can be caused if Integer become redundant. Of course for those who rely on fact that Integer currently 32-bit, and do some memory mapping, or saving it into a file, this may create problems, but there is no connection with redundancy and.... incorrectly written programs always create more problems.

It was stated in Delphi help file:

Generic datatypes: Integer, Cardinal - follows hardware architecture.
Fundamental datatypes: LongInt, LongWord - always remains 32-bit.




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