Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:37:52 +0100 (CET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Include header required for INT_MAX |
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On Nov 12 2007 13:57, Vegard Nossum wrote: > >This seems like a good time to ask why the kernel doesn't use ><stdint.h> for its INT_MAX and type definitions like uint32_t., etc. >>From the manpage: "The <stdint.h> header is a subset of the ><inttypes.h> header more suitable for use in freestanding >environments, which might not support the formatted I/O functions. In >some environments, if the formatted conversion support is not >wanted, using this header instead of the <inttypes.h> header avoids >defining such a large number of macros."
Yes, I am all for that, replacing u8 __u8 with uint8_t, and so on.
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