The recent change to boost/cstdint.hpp for Cray systems is not
appropriate for the Cray X1. It has a 16-bit short type, however there
are performance penalties associated with it.

The following patch for cstdint.hpp sets up the appropriate typedefs for
this platform.

diff -u -r1.29 cstdint.hpp
--- boost/cstdint.hpp   22 Jan 2003 12:12:14 -0000      1.29
+++ boost/cstdint.hpp   23 Jan 2003 16:32:04 -0000
@@ -160,7 +160,16 @@
 
 //  16-bit types 
-----------------------------------------------------------//
 
-# if USHRT_MAX == 0xffff
+# if defined(__crayx1)
+     // The Cray X1 has a 16-bit short, however it is not recommend
+     // for use in performance critical code.
+     typedef short           int16_t;
+     typedef short           int_least16_t;
+     typedef int             int_fast16_t;
+     typedef unsigned short  uint16_t;
+     typedef unsigned short  uint_least16_t;
+     typedef unsigned int    uint_fast16_t;
+# elif USHRT_MAX == 0xffff
      typedef short           int16_t;
      typedef short           int_least16_t;
      typedef short           int_fast16_t;

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