unsigned int ? (was: 16 bit images?)

[Martin Schultz <mgs(at)io.harvard.edu>]

David Fanning wrote:

> Note: This is a copy of an article was posted to the IDL newsgroup.
>
> [snipped]
> Fortunately, IDL 5.2 is suppose to have a new 16-bit unsigned
> integer data type, so even these problems may be a thing
> of the past soon.
>

Hi David,

      does this mean they'll introduce a new TYPE value and shift
strings, structures, pointers, etc. one up? "Oh jemineh !" (german) that
would mean a lot of rewriting ...

Martin.

>
> Cheers,
>
> David
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