I'd like to know how the types are defined based on the platform.

I have heard that in C++ a char is always 1 byte and an integer is always 4 bytes on any machine, despite how many bits are available for an individual byte.

For example, a char can be measured as 1 byte even though its byte value is measured with 16 bits instead of 8, so I wanted to see how this is possible to better understand the situation...

I'm sorry if this sounds like a loose question, but its weird that 1 byte can still be 1 byte even if the type consists of 16 bits instead of 8 @_@.

I wanted to see if there was some header or implementation that defined the way bytes were mapped for each type >_<

-Alex