Re: [cp-patches] RFC: AX_CREATE_STDINT.m4

[Dalibor Topic]

Mark Wielaard wrote:
> Hi Dalibor,
> 
> On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 03:56 +0100, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> 
>>the attached patch adds a generated header for C99 fixed-size integer 
>>types that delegates to the underlying implementation (stdint.h, 
>>inttypes.h) and/or creates typedefs for the missing types.
>>
>>The patch uses the ax_create_stdint.m4 macro from Guido Draheim, taken 
>>from ac-archive.sf.net, in the current CVS head version. It is licensed 
>>under GPLWithACException. I've used it to fix the GNU Classpath build on 
>>Cygwin, where fdlibm's mprec.h trying to redefine some C99 types lead to 
>>compilation breakage.
> 
> 
> Nice. Could you please add an URL to the original location in the
> ax_create_stdint.m4 file itself so people can check there for updates
> when something might fail on some weird platform.

Thanks for the hint, added now.

> Please check this in.
> 

Done. I'll repost the checked in patch for documentation purposes.

> A cleanup for jni_md.h would be much appreciated by our non-x86
> GNU/Linux friends :)

Yup, that's the next thing on my list.

cheers,
dalibor topic