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Re: Why is stdint.h so little used?
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Bjørn Forsman |
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Re: Why is stdint.h so little used? |
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Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:15:11 +0100 |
On 30 November 2016 at 11:12, Bjørn Forsman <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I see that grub has an stdint.h header in
> grub-core/lib/posix_wrap/stdint.h. But hardly any code use it. Why is
> that?
The only reason I can think of, in general, is if you want to support
pre-C99 toolchains. But in GRUB's case, the stdint.h header is
provided by the project's source code, so it'll always be available.
Even for pre-C99 toolchains.
Best regards,
Bjørn Forsman