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1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
20 * ISO C Standard: 4.14/2.2.4.2 Limits of integral types <limits.h>
23 #include <features.h>
25 #ifdef __USE_POSIX
26 /* POSIX adds things to <limits.h>. */
27 # include <posix1_lim.h>
28 #endif
30 #ifdef __USE_POSIX2
31 # include <posix2_lim.h>
32 #endif
34 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN
35 # include <xopen_lim.h>
36 #endif
39 #if __GNUC__ >= 2
41 /* Get the compiler's limits.h, which defines all the ANSI constants. */
42 #ifndef _LIBC_LIMITS_H_
43 #define _LIBC_LIMITS_H_ /* This tells it not to look for another. */
44 #endif
45 #ifndef _GCC_LIMITS_H_ /* This is what GCC's file defines. */
46 #include_next <limits.h>
47 #endif
49 #else /* Not GCC 2. */
51 /* We only protect from multiple inclusion here, because all the other
52 #include's protect themselves, and in GCC 2 we may #include_next through
53 multiple copies of this file before we get to GCC's. */
54 # ifndef _LIMITS_H
55 # define _LIMITS_H 1
57 /* We don't have #include_next.
58 Define ANSI <limits.h> for standard 32-bit words. */
60 /* These assume 8-bit `char's, 16-bit `short int's,
61 and 32-bit `int's and `long int's. */
63 /* Number of bits in a `char'. */
64 # define CHAR_BIT 8
66 /* Maximum length of any multibyte character in any locale. */
67 # define MB_LEN_MAX 6
69 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed char' can hold. */
70 # define SCHAR_MIN (-128)
71 # define SCHAR_MAX 127
73 /* Maximum value an `unsigned char' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
74 # define UCHAR_MAX 255
76 /* Minimum and maximum values a `char' can hold. */
77 # ifdef __CHAR_UNSIGNED__
78 # define CHAR_MIN 0
79 # define CHAR_MAX UCHAR_MAX
80 # else
81 # define CHAR_MIN SCHAR_MIN
82 # define CHAR_MAX SCHAR_MAX
83 # endif
85 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed short int' can hold. */
86 # define SHRT_MIN (-32768)
87 # define SHRT_MAX 32767
89 /* Maximum value an `unsigned short int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
90 # define USHRT_MAX 65535
92 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed int' can hold. */
93 # define INT_MIN (- INT_MAX - 1)
94 # define INT_MAX 2147483647
96 /* Maximum value an `unsigned int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
97 # ifdef __STDC__
98 # define UINT_MAX 4294967295U
99 # else
100 # define UINT_MAX 4294967295
101 # endif
103 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed long int' can hold. */
104 # ifdef __alpha__
105 # define LONG_MAX 9223372036854775807L
106 # else
107 # define LONG_MAX 2147483647L
108 # endif
109 # define LONG_MIN (- LONG_MAX - 1L)
111 /* Maximum value an `unsigned long int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
112 # ifdef __alpha__
113 # define ULONG_MAX 18446744073709551615UL
114 # else
115 # ifdef __STDC__
116 # define ULONG_MAX 4294967295UL
117 # else
118 # define ULONG_MAX 4294967295L
119 # endif
120 # endif
122 # endif /* limits.h */
123 #endif /* GCC 2. */