Re: [Bug-gnulib] stdint fixes

[Paul Eggert]

"Oskar Liljeblad" <address@hidden> writes:

> The way intmax_t are defined by uintmax_t.m4 makes
> it impossible to use intmax_t in typedefs.

I don't see why; can you explain?  If intmax_t is defined this way:

  #define intmax_t long long

then this works:

  typedef intmax_t foo_type;

> Are you sure it's the optimal solution to defined intmax_t as
> preprocessor constants?

I don't know about "optimal", but it does provide a way for user code
to tell that gnulib was here: "#ifdef intmax_t".