Yes we will change INXXX_MAX etc.
Unfortunately int64 is not standard. So we have a couple alternatives.
1) use nonstandard types where
typedef long long int int64;
typedef int int32;
typedef short int16;
typedef char int8;
etc.
which work on every system and which permit seamless printf
using %lld and %d. This is the way we do it now.
2. use "standard" types and cast all printf/scanf calls:
printf("x = %lld", *(long long int*)&my_standard_uint64_t_var)
3. use the "standard" types and the "standard" macros:
printf("x = " PRIi64, my_standard_uint64_t_var)
however, it should be noted that this doesn't work for strings which are
not constants, are read from a configuration file or input by the
user, computed etc.
I think that 1 is the least of the evils. 2 is dangerous and ugly
and 3 is ugly and a pain, and potentially complex as it might mean
rewriting printf/scanf strings on the fly and this standard is
relatively recent which means that lots of older systems don't support
it which means including the headers ourselves. MS Studio didn't
support it until the 2010 version for example.
On 5/19/2010 8:16 AM, Leif Hedstrom wrote:
> On 05/19/2010 08:23 AM, John Plevyak wrote:
>> I propose that we change
>>
>> ink64 -> int64
>> inku64 -> uint64
>> ink32 -> int32
>> inku32 -> uint32
>> ink16 -> int16
>> inku16 -> uint16
>> ink8 -> int8
>> inku8 -> uint8
>>
>> because
>>
>> 1) we decided to move from ink -> ts
>> 2) tsu64 doesn't scan like an integer
>> 3) int64_t is long on linux which is incompatible with %lld the
>> only standard and universally compatible way to read/write a
>> 64-bit number
>> 4) int64 is similar but not the same as ink64_t and it scans well
>> 5) I tried it and it works!
>>
>
> Would this be a name change only (in our ink_port.h file)? Or do we pull
> in int64 etc from some standard (ANSI / POSIX include file)? My stdint.h
> only has the int64_t etc. definitions.
>
> Also, if we do this, shouldn't we also change
>
> #define INKU64_MAX (18446744073709551615ULL)
> #define INK64_MAX (9223372036854775807LL)
> #define INK64_MIN (-INK64_MAX -1LL)
> #define INKU32_MAX (4294967295U)
> #define INK32_MAX (2147483647)
> #define INK32_MIN (-2147483647-1)
>
>
> I believe there are similar defines available in stdint.h. (Fwiw, my
> 64-bit changes in the HttpSM uses INK64_MAX in various places).
>
> That much said, +1 on eliminating our own INK defines, and use standard
> definitions.
>
> -- leif
