Re: Slightly OT: integer sizes in C program

Bob Eager wrote:

He said 'never hidden from the programmer'.

Well, duh. Who else is looking?

The programmer can use
'sizeof(int)' and find out easily.

This must be some new meaning of "easy". Perhaps "The
programmer" who has access to the target compiler and computer
can determine what "int" is hiding, but "int" does not reveal
it. What's not obvious about this?
.

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