Primitive Types

• Where it makes sense, avoid writing code that is dependent on the bit size of primitive values. For code where bit size does matter, use explicit sized types like int32_t. Otherwise use generic types like int. Be especially cautious about making assumptions about the size of pointers and avoid casting them to integers - use intptr_t and uintptr_t if you need to do this.

• Use size_t to represent memory size and offsets.

• Don’t use unsigned types unless necessary, otherwise it can lead to too many type conversions between signed and unsigned types.