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I've seen this unsigned "typeless" type used a couple of times, but never seen an explanation for it. I suppose there's a corresponding signed type. Here's an example: static unsigned long next = 1; /* RAND_MAX assumed to be 32767 */ int myrand(void) { next = next * 1103515245 + 12345; return(( unsigned )(next/65536) % 32768); } void mysrand( unsigned seed ) { next = seed; } What I have gathered so far: - on my system, sizeof(unsigned) = 4 (hints at a 32-bit unsigned int) - it might be used as a shorthand for casting another type to the unsigned version: signed long int i = -42; printf("%u\n", (unsigned)i); Is this ANSI C, or just a compiler extension?
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