Hi, correct me if I am wrong, I am doing a port for a new cup arch and I have set the short type to 8-bit, however as shown below gcc still treat it as 16-bit (HI) ... I set short type to 8-bit by: #define SHORT_TYPE_SIZE 8 below is the expender: main () { volatile long unsigned intD.5 hhD.1332; volatile short unsigned intD.9 ddD.1331; *short unsigned intD.9 dd.0_3*; long unsigned intD.5 hh.1_4; ;; basic block 2, loop depth 0 ;; pred: ENTRY # .MEM_2 = VDEF <.MEM_1(D)> ddD.1331 ={v} 12; # VUSE <.MEM_2> *dd.0_3 ={v} ddD.1331;* # RANGE [0, 255] NONZERO 0x0000000ff hh.1_4 = (long unsigned intD.5) dd.0_3; # .MEM_5 = VDEF <.MEM_2> hhD.1332 ={v} hh.1_4; # VUSE <.MEM_5> return 0; ;; succ: EXIT } Partition 1: size 2 align 1 hhD.1332 Partition 0: size 1 align 1 ddD.1331 ;; Generating RTL for gimple basic block 2 ;; dd ={v} 12; (insn 6 5 0 (set (mem/v/c:QI (plus:HI (reg/f:HI 18 virtual-stack-vars) (const_int -3 [0xfffffffd])) [3 ddD.1331+0 S1 A8]) (const_int 12 [0xc])) Testing2.c:41 -1 (nil)) ;; _3 ={v} dd; (insn 7 6 0 *(set (reg:HI 23 [ D.1342 ])* (zero_extend:HI (mem/v/c:QI (plus:HI (reg/f:HI 18 virtual-stack-vars) (const_int -3 [0xfffffffd])) [3 ddD.1331 -- View this message in context: http://gcc.1065356.n5.nabble.com/set-SHORT-TYPE-SIZE-to-8-tp1208654.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.