Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261202AbVDDKAI (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 06:00:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261204AbVDDKAH (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 06:00:07 -0400 Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.30]:31758 "EHLO smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261202AbVDDKAB (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 06:00:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: <424FD9BB.7040100@osvik.no> <20050403220508.712e14ec.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <424FE1D3.9010805@osvik.no> <524d7fda64be6a3ab66a192027807f57@xs4all.nl> <1112559934.5268.9.camel@tiger> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <3821024b00b47598e66f504c51437f72@xs4all.nl> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Kenneth Johansson , Stephen Rothwell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dag Arne Osvik From: Renate Meijer Subject: Re: Use of C99 int types Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 12:05:29 +0200 To: Kyle Moffett X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1056 Lines: 34 On Apr 4, 2005, at 12:08 AM, Kyle Moffett wrote: > On Apr 03, 2005, at 16:25, Kenneth Johansson wrote: >> But is this not exactly what Dag Arne Osvik was trying to do ?? >> uint_fast32_t means that we want at least 32 bits but it's OK with >> more if that happens to be faster on this particular architecture. >> The problem was that the C99 standard types are not defined anywhere >> in the kernel headers so they can not be used. > > Uhh, so what's wrong with "int" or "long"? My point exactly, though I agree with Kenneth that adding the C99 types would be a Good Thing. > GCC will generally do the right thing if you just tell it "int". And if you don't, you imply some special requirement, which, if none really exists, is misleading. Regards, Renate. timeo hominem unius libri Thomas van Aquino - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/