How big is an Int?

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GfK (Posted 2011) [#1]

I read somewhere (either the forums or documentation) that an Int "is always at least four bytes". Can anybody clarify that? Is an Int eight bytes on some platforms?

Goodlookinguy (Posted 2011) [#2]

If I recall correctly, all platforms except HTML5 are dword. I believe Javascript (HTML5 Platform) stores dynamically sized numbers or as qword on most browsers.

GfK (Posted 2011) [#3]

...4 bytes then?

Goodlookinguy (Posted 2011) [#4]

byte or 8-bit int = 1 byte word or 16-bit int or short = 2 bytes dword (double word) or 32-bit int: 4 bytes qword (quad word) or 64-bit int or long int: 8 bytes So yes, 4 on most platforms, excluding Javascript.