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20 * ANSI 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
35 #if __GNUC__ >= 2
37 /* Get the compiler's limits.h, which defines all the ANSI constants. */
38 #ifndef _LIBC_LIMITS_H_
39 #define _LIBC_LIMITS_H_ /* This tells it not to look for another. */
40 #endif
41 #ifndef _GCC_LIMITS_H_ /* This is what GCC's file defines. */
42 #include_next <limits.h>
43 #endif
45 #else /* Not GCC 2. */
47 /* We only protect from multiple inclusion here, because all the other
48 #include's protect themselves, and in GCC 2 we may #include_next through
49 multiple copies of this file before we get to GCC's. */
50 #ifndef _LIMITS_H
51 #define _LIMITS_H
53 /* We don't have #include_next.
54 Define ANSI <limits.h> for standard 32-bit words. */
56 /* These assume 8-bit `char's, 16-bit `short int's,
57 and 32-bit `int's and `long int's. */
59 /* Number of bits in a `char'. */
60 #define CHAR_BIT 8
62 /* Maximum length of any multibyte character in any locale.
63 Locale-writers should change this as necessary. */
64 #define MB_LEN_MAX 1
66 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed char' can hold. */
67 #define SCHAR_MIN (-128)
68 #define SCHAR_MAX 127
70 /* Maximum value an `unsigned char' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
71 #ifdef __STDC__
72 #define UCHAR_MAX 255U
73 #else
74 #define UCHAR_MAX 255
75 #endif
77 /* Minimum and maximum values a `char' can hold. */
78 #ifdef __CHAR_UNSIGNED__
79 #define CHAR_MIN 0
80 #define CHAR_MAX UCHAR_MAX
81 #else
82 #define CHAR_MIN SCHAR_MIN
83 #define CHAR_MAX SCHAR_MAX
84 #endif
86 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed short int' can hold. */
87 #define SHRT_MIN (-32768)
88 #define SHRT_MAX 32767
90 /* Maximum value an `unsigned short int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
91 #define USHRT_MAX 65535
93 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed int' can hold. */
94 #define INT_MIN (- INT_MAX - 1)
95 #define INT_MAX 2147483647
97 /* Maximum value an `unsigned int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
98 #ifdef __STDC__
99 #define UINT_MAX 4294967295U
100 #else
101 #define UINT_MAX 4294967295
102 #endif
104 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed long int' can hold. */
105 #define LONG_MIN INT_MIN
106 #define LONG_MAX INT_MAX
108 /* Maximum value an `unsigned long int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
109 #define ULONG_MAX UINT_MAX
111 #endif /* limits.h */
112 #endif /* GCC 2. */