intn

#intn

##Syntax

(a) int1 % 1-byte integer (b) int2 % 2-byte integer (c) int4 % 4-byte integer

##Description The int_n_ (n-byte integer) types are machine-dependent types that occupy a specified number of bytes. By contrast, the int type is in principle a machine-independent and mathematical type (it overflows, however, when the value is too large or small, that is, when the value does not fit into 4 bytes).

##Example

    var counter1 : int1 % Range is -128 .. 127
    var counter2 : int2 % Range is -32768 .. 32767
    var counter4 : int4 % Range is -2147483648 .. 2147483647

##Details In current implementations of Turing, the range of the int is -2147483647 to 2147483647, which means that the int4 type allows one more value, -2147483648. This extra value is used in int to represent the state of being initialized. The int_n_ types allow use of all possible values that fit into n bytes and thereby cannot check for initialization.

The int_n_ types are like the C language types short int, int, and long int, except that the number of bytes occupied by the C types depends on the particular C compiler.

##See also the nat.htmln types which are n byte natural (non-negative) values. See also int.html and nat.html.