The use of DWORD's
in 32 bit mode unsigned long = unsigned int = dword. (you may also have without unsigned but that depends on the compilators defaults...)
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Is it more efficient to use DWORD's instead of int/long/etc. on 32-bit CPU's? Even if it used for coordinates, e.q. would one use DWORD x, DWORD y or INT x, INT y?
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Drago
sizeof(int) is rarely defined in books, since it differs between systems. It really differs between compilers, but a good compiler will define an int to be the same size as a single cpu word. That is, on a 32 bit machine, an int will take 32 bits == 4 bytes.
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This is of course assuming that compilers keep up with the systems they're built for. Pentiums have a 64 bit cpu, if only their operating system(s) would actually support it.
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White Fire
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