size of a short

[Deniz Adrian <deniz.adrian@brandseven.com>]

Hello GCC guys,

I'm currently starting with java and wrote a little test program to
determine to max size of a data type (in this case short).

In the java documentation it states that all data types are of fixed
size, not depending on the compiler or vm used, still when i compile the
program with gcj and run it, it tells me a short has the size of an
int.. 

When i compile the program using "sablevm", the size of a short is
correctly determined..

The test program is attached to this mail.


best regards,

Deniz Adrian

public class Test
{
	public static void main (String[] argv)
	{
		short a= 0;

		while (++a > 0) {}

		System.out.println("max short size: "+ --a);
	}
}

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