3-byte int and 5-byte long?

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I think 3.9.1/2 (C++98) sums this up nicely (immediately followed by analogous information for the unsigned types):

There are four signed integer types: “signed char”, “short int”,
“int”, and “long int.” In this list, each type provides at least as
much storage as those preceding it in the list. Plain ints have the
natural size suggested by the architecture of the execution
environment39) ; the other signed integer types are provided to meet
special needs.

Basically all we know is that sizeof(char) == 1 and that each “larger” type is at least that large, with int being a “natural” size for an architecture (where as far as I can tell “natural” is up to the compiler writer). We don’t know anything like CHAR_BIT * sizeof(int) <= 32 etc. Also keep in mind that CHAR_BIT doesn’t have to be 8 either.

It seems fairly safe to say that three byte int and five byte long would be allowed for hardware where those sizes were natively used. I am however not aware of any such hardware/architectures.

EDIT: As pointed out in @Nigel Harper comment we do know that int has to be at least 16 bits and long at least 32 bits to satisfy range requirements. Otherwise we don’t have any specific size restrictions other than as seen above.

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