Cross-platform primitive data types in C++

Question

Unlike Java or C#, primitive data types in C++ can vary in size depending on the platform. For example, int is not guaranteed to be a 32-bit integer. Various compi

Answer 1

Define a type (e.g. int32) in a header file. For each platform use another #ifdef and make sure that in32 is a 32 bit integer. Everywhere in your code use int32 and make sure that when you compile on different platforms you use the right define