After discussion on the TOM mailing list in April 2000, it was
apparent that a <limits.h> equivalent is useful even when the
values are the same on every platform.
variables
- const BYTE_MIN = 0;
- const BYTE_MAX = 255;
- const CHAR_MIN = 0;
- const CHAR_MAX = 65535;
- const INT_MIN = -2147483648;
- const INT_MAX = 2147483647;
- const LONG_MIN = -9223372036854775808;
- const LONG_MAX = 9223372036854775807;