On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:22:08PM +0200, Olivier Hainque wrote: > Because we avoid creating a different type for every possible > bitsize... ... > The C front-end behaves similarily, creating ... > precision 3 min <integer_cst -4> max <integer_cst 3>> ^^^
Actually, we did create a different type just for this bitsize. Not that that detracts from the fact that TYPE_SIZE is always a multiple of BITS_PER_UNIT. r~