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On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Bill Fenner wrote:

> >Strictly, uintmax_t is not suitable for storing pointers.
>
> I thought uintmax_t was the largest integer type, and uintptr_t was
> an integer type large enough to store a pointer -- so
> sizeof(uintmax_t) >= sizeof(uintptr_t).

Strictly, uintptr_t might not exist.  Of course, we are unlikely to
support machines where it doesn't.

Bruce


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