The output of the preceding program will be something like this:
This represents the minimum and maximum values that a type can represent and the size in bytes for the current platform.
The C++ standard does not define the size of each type, but it does define the minimum width:
- char: Minimum width = 8
- short int: Minimum width = 16
- int: Minimum width = 16
- long int: Minimum width = 32
- long int int: Minimum width = 64
This point has huge implications as different platforms can have different sizes and a programmer should cope with this. To help us get some guidance regarding data types, there is the concept of a data model. ...
