[Css-csts] ASN.1 suggestion

[Ray, Timothy J. (GSFC-5830)]

Hello all,

In our ASN.1 for the Framework (see page D-131), we define certain integer types:
    IntPosLong
   IntPosShort
   IntUnsignedLong
   IntUnsignedShort

Suggestion:  use names like these instead:
   IntPos32Bits
   IntPos16Bits
   IntUnsigned32Bits
   IntUnsigned16Bits

Rationale:
  As time goes on, the definitions of 'long' and 'short' may change, but the definition of '16Bits' and '32Bits'  won't.  This approach has already been applied to the C language via the file 'stdint.h' - see this web site: http://linux.die.net/man/3/uint32_t

Best regards,
Tim
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