You'd define architecture-specific typedefs to deal with these cases in a portable way. The C standard already has types like int_fast8_t that are similar in principle.

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kazinator 6 days ago | parent [-]

See, why would you need an "architecture specific typedef" in order to represent the day of the month, or the number of arguments in main "in a portable way". int does it in a portable way already.

It's just muddled thinking.

	▲	zozbot234 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		int is architecture specific too, and it's been "muddled" plenty due to backward compatibility concerns. Using typedefs throughout would be a cleaner choice if we were starting from scratch.