On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 08:57:56AM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > I was wondering why it is necessary to use the integral types with > the "grub_" prefix instead of the standard uint32_t, int16_t, etc.? > > It makes the most simple code much more verbose when we have to write > "grub_" so many times, and this seems like a case where it is not > needed.
It makes our code more consistent and less prone to errors. This is more relevant for freestanding code like GRUB than it'd be for a user program. For an example, you can check the list archives and find how system headers in different OSes break GRUB in different interesting and fun ways ;-) -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
