We need to clarify if 'real' is the 'default floating point type' or not.

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Ameer Armaly" <ameer.armaly at furman.edu> wrote in message 
news:fqiaio$29mc$1 at digitalmars.com...

> I used to think fixed-size types were more optimal, but in retrospect how 
> often do you _really_ care about the maximum value of an int? There are 
> probably some, but more often than not I find myself wanting an integer 
> rather than an integer at least x bits wide. Maybe we just ought to make 
> int whatever type is fastest, and call the current int something 
> different, maybe dword?

I (and my friends) am starting to find D's choice of fixed-size int types a 
bit irritating since we've been writing an x86-64 kernel in D.  I can't tell 
you how many times we've caused bugs by using int/uint instead of 
long/ulong.

And don't even get me started on why "long" and "ulong" are awful names.




(Hint: they're not correct on all platforms.)












(they're normal on 64-bit.)




(I'll stop now.)