[boomlinde]

I have yet to use a C compiler for an 8-bit platform where int was the native size. sizeof (int) should be at least two chars. Using int instead of an uint8_t where you know its values to fall within those limits would be detrimental to performance in such cases.

That said, the code bases that target both 64- and 8-bit architectures probably aren't that many and both our points are insignificant in those other 99.9% of cases.

[prodigal_erik]

The standard requires at least 16 bits in a short and 32 in a long. Oddly "all numeric types are 96 bits" would be fine.