From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   "Sm704"  wrote in message   
   news:1114489845.775653.225270@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
      
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   > Is using longint() and word() common practice? I hardly ever see it   
   > used...   
      
   Hi,   
      
   think about portable code, that should communicate with some interface.   
   If the interface describes a 16 bit item, you should use WORD.   
   If the interface describes a 32 bit item, you should use DWORD.   
      
   If you would use INTEGER in place of WORD,   
   this might be correct for a 16 bit compiler,   
   but on a 32 bit compiler INTEGER is 32 bit.   
   LONGINT usually is 32 bit.   
   But I don't know what LONGINT   
   will be on a 64 bit compiler.   
      
   Regards,   
   Heiner   
      
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