On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Warren Turkal wrote:

> > > Why does X not use the exact integral types in its typedefs?

> > > For instance,
> > > typedef uint32_t CARD32;
> > > instead of all the magic in Xmd.h?

> > These are the ISO C 9X integer types aren't they ?

> > I don't think we have got as far as completely ansi'fing the code yet,
> > never mind using C-9X features.
> > It might be a worthwhile project to make that file use C-9X when
> > available, and only then grovel deep inside systems for older compilers,
> > but basically it is a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

> In the Xmd.h file, would it be okay to change the preprocessor directives to
> #if define(symbol) and such?

Please post exactly what you have in mind (and what problem you're
trying solve) and we'll see.

Marc.

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