[Bug c/448] <stdint.h>-related issues (C99 issues)

["jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Additional Comments From jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk  2004-08-02 16:33 -------
Subject: Re:  <stdint.h>-related issues (C99 issues)

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, papadopo at shfj dot cea dot fr wrote:

> For what it's worth some systems provide the functionality in a header with a
> different name. For example Solaris 8 provides a file <sys/int_types.h> and
> <sys/int_limits.h> that seem to define all of the types and constants of needed
> by <stdint.h>.

Those headers are included by Solaris's <inttypes.h>.  An implementation
of <stdint.h> in GCC of course needs to be compatible with such pre-C99
system libraries providing <inttypes.h> but not <stdint.h>, and allow for
user programs to include both, probably by fixincluding <inttypes.h> to
use GCC's header rather than the internal ones.

See <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-10/msg00397.html> for my current
thinking on the implementation of <stdint.h>.  The volunteer in that
instance seems to have disappeared.



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