On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, FX Coudert wrote: > > Note that the size is not enough for implementing <stdint.h>, you need the > > actual type as well to get C++ mangling right. So I suggest using > > type-name strings as is done for the other standard typedefs > > That raises a question: darwin has, for example, in its system headers: > > typedef signed char int8_t; > [...] > /* 7.18.1.3 Fastest-width integer types */ > typedef int8_t int_fast8_t; > typedef int16_t int_fast16_t; > > To do the right thing, do I have to #define INT_FAST8_TYPE in darwin.h to be > "int8_t", or "signed char"? I'd go for the second, but as I know nothing about > C++, I'd like to be sure :)
Typedefs are always just another name for the same type, so "signed char". tm.texi's description of SIZE_TYPE describes the format of strings used for the type names. (Perhaps enums would be better than strings with particular forms of the C type names, but that's a completely independent matter.) -- Joseph S. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
