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Double-Word Integers
GNU C supports data types for integers that are twice as long as
`int'. Simply write `long long int' for a signed integer, or `unsigned
long long int' for an unsigned integer. To make an integer constant of
type `long long int', add the suffix `LL' to the integer. To make an
integer constant of type `unsigned long long int', add the suffix `ULL'
to the integer.
You can use these types in arithmetic like any other integer types.
Addition, subtraction, and bitwise boolean operations on these types
are open-coded on all types of machines. Multiplication is open-coded
if the machine supports fullword-to-doubleword a widening multiply
instruction. Division and shifts are open-coded only on machines that
provide special support. The operations that are not open-coded use
special library routines that come with GNU CC.
There may be pitfalls when you use `long long' types for function
arguments, unless you declare function prototypes. If a function
expects type `int' for its argument, and you pass a value of type `long
long int', confusion will result because the caller and the subroutine
will disagree about the number of bytes for the argument. Likewise, if
the function expects `long long int' and you pass `int'. The best way
to avoid such problems is to use prototypes.
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