On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Dan Gora <dan.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Zdenek Styblik <zdenek.styb...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Dan Gora <dan.g...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> yes because the structure is only 3 bytes long. Recall that a long is >>> 8 bytes on 64 bit machines. An unsigned int is always 4 bytes (unless >>> we're talking about 16 or 8 bit processors here, which we're not...). >>> Longs (unsigned or not) should really be avoided unless you're really >>> prepared to deal with them being different sizes or 32 or 64 bit >>> machines. >>> >> >> Why don't you use int types from "<stdint.h>" that I don't understand. >> Is there something wrong about it? Because you'd have equally sized >> integers no matter what platform you're currently running at. This >> was, actually, one of comments/questions/suggestions I had about >> posted patches. > > Just because I'm not used to using them because I've worked on some > platforms which didn't have it and I'm just accustomed to using the > underlying standard C types. I can change that though, no problem. > > thanks, > d
No worries. I also didn't mean it as any kind of enforcement. From my point it makes sense, or at least in this particular case. Whether it makes sense "sense", I can't say :) I won't deny I'm trying to push use of <stdint.h> types. Z. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Own the Future-Intel® Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
