 <p>According to <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1752701/how-to-convert-nsinteger-to-int">How to convert NSInteger to int</a>, <code>NSInteger</code> will always be at least 32 bits on every system/architecture, so yes, the answers to <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4738480/pass-two-integers-as-one-integer">Pass two integers as one integer</a> will work.</p>