Am Donnerstag, 8. Februar 2007 16:41 schrieb Sergei Organov:
> > If you do that, le16 is just as valid, especially if declared
> > unaligned.
>
> I don't think so:
>
> 1. 'unsigned char', be it used in the form of 'u8' or not, has neither
> alignment nor endianness problems, while le16 has both.
By simply ignoring the issue.
> 2. The only truth that le16 actually tells to the compiler is that this
> field is 2 bytes in size, and u8[2] tells that either. However, the
No, that tells the compiler it's two fields of 1 byte each.
> u8[2] definition makes it hard to use this field as bare integer by
> mistake, so IMHO it wins from the POV of type-safety as well.
It is an integer. le16 was introduced to avoid u16.
Regards
Oliver
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