On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:32:53PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote:
> It's not in Stroustrup; but I can't see any such details about data
> size there. *sigh* Portability is not obtained by making 'int'
> represent 'a convenient size': rather, portability is obtained by
> knowing exactly how many bits you have to play with on any system...

But that's not our decision ;-}

> > So having "int" would be fine?
> 
> That is my belief.  Although, when you care about these things, I've
> always thought a naming scheme like u32int is better style.

I would it call lyx::texlen_type or something like that. I'll leave the
doubles in for a while. They are (mis-)used to represent percentages of
\textwidth  etc currently, too...

Andre'

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