fixed length data types in C/C++

Question

I\'ve heard that size of data types such as int may vary across platforms.

My first question is: can someone bring some example, what goes wrong, when p

Answer 1

1. If a type is smaller than you think then it may not be able to store a value you need to store in it.
2. To create a fixed size types you read the documentation for platforms to be supported and then define typedefs based on #ifdef for the specific platforms.