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Re: stdint_.h vs intmax_t & uintmax_t
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: stdint_.h vs intmax_t & uintmax_t |
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Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:14:02 -0800 |
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"Mark D. Baushke" <address@hidden> writes:
> I suspect it would be more portable to use this:
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> #ifndef SIZE_MAX
> # define SIZE_MAX ((size_t)-1)
> #endif
Yes, that's true. There are several other deficiencies like that in
stdint_.h.
I wonder why stdint_.h diverges so much from glibc's stdint.h? In
many cases stdint_.h has silly mistakes (e.g., not parenthesizing a
macro right-hand side) that are not in glibc.