On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:37 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys < mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:
> In my case I'm specifically referring to the benefit of using (U)Int<x> > style data types for use in record structures when reading binary data > files. > Makes sense. > Does FPC follow that platform rule, or does FPC always define Word as > 16-bits? [sorry I don't have a ARM device to test on at the moment] > If Word size does changes in FPC (for example between x86 & ARMv6), then > I have quite a bit of code to fix up. > Word is always 16-bit. As Nikolay mentioned, the choice was made by Borland to keep word 16bit even for 32-bit platforms. GNU Pascal have Word 32-bit (http://www.gnu-pascal.de/gpc/Word.html) Not sure if FPC support 32-bit in gnu mode. But ISO mode seems to keep it at 16bit. thanks, Dmitry
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