Don't use stdfix.h if you are doing this though. As soon as you need to change your headroom (even temporarily within an algorithm), it will be a pain. Just use

Don't use stdfix.h if you are doing this though. As soon as you need to change your headroom (even temporarily within an algorithm), it will be a pain. Just use the boring C90 types (possibly typedeffed to something else) and write the operators you need.