Re: [fun] unsigned int is not big enough (was: lfs-chat Digest, Vol 1288, Issue 1)

>On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 06:13:48 -0500 (CDT)
>[email protected] wrote:
>
> While I agree float is not exact I'm not sure what is being
> calculated needs exact precision.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Bennett" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, September 8, 2012 8:37:49 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
> Central Subject: Re: [fun] unsigned int is not big enough (was:
> lfs-chat Digest, Vol 1288, Issue 1)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > Use unsigned long long or float.
> 
> float is not exact.
> 
> (un)signed long long is the one to use. Avoid floating point
> arithmetic: stick to integer or fixed point. You still have to be
> careful with rounding when you divide. ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> @ndy
> 

I went with unsigned long long. In the interest of writing
architecture-agnostic code, I also pondered useing uint64_t but
couldn't remember an alternative to strtoull() so I just slapped that
second 'long' on my unsigned long and called it a day.

Yo dawg, I heard you like longs so we made you longs for your longs.
LOL :D

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