From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   bart  writes:   
   [...]   
   > There are two kinds of BitInts: those smaller than 64 bits; and those   
   > larger than 64 bits, sometimes /much/ larger.   
      
   As far as I know, the standard makes no such distinction.   
      
   > I had been responding to the claim that those smaller types save   
   > memory, compared to using sizes 8/16/32 bits which are commonly   
   > available and have better hardware support.   
      
   I don't recall any such claim.  Do you have a citation (other than   
   the FPGA-specific wording in N2709)?   
      
   > But if a _BitInt(17) is rounded up to 32 bits, there's not going to be   
   > any saving!   
      
   Correct.   
      
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