NSUIntever vs unsigned int when range is very small?

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Published on 2010-04-03T08:54:03Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 9:13 UTC
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I have a variable, an unsigned int and it can only have the values of 0 -> 30. What should I use, unsigned int or NSUInteger? (for both 32 and 64 bit)

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