Sun Jul 7 18:42:06 1996 Roland McGrath <roland@delasyd.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
[glibc/history.git] / limits.h
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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 #define MB_LEN_MAX 6
65 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed char' can hold. */
66 #define SCHAR_MIN (-128)
67 #define SCHAR_MAX 127
69 /* Maximum value an `unsigned char' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
70 #ifdef __STDC__
71 #define UCHAR_MAX 255U
72 #else
73 #define UCHAR_MAX 255
74 #endif
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 #ifdef __alpha__
105 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed long int' can hold. */
106 #define LONG_MAX 9223372036854775807L
107 #define LONG_MIN (- LONG_MAX - 1L)
109 /* Maximum value an `unsigned long int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
110 #define ULONG_MAX 18446744073709551615L
112 #else
114 /* Minimum and maximum values a `signed long int' can hold. */
115 #define LONG_MAX INT_MAX
116 #define LONG_MIN INT_MIN
118 /* Maximum value an `unsigned long int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
119 #define ULONG_MAX UINT_MAX
121 #endif
124 #endif /* limits.h */
125 #endif /* GCC 2. */