On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Warren Young <warren@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Jul 26, 2018, at 9:36 AM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> cat << EOT >> config.h >> typedef unsigned char byte; >> typedef unsigned short word16; >> typedef unsigned int word32; >> EOT > > You’re reinventing C99’s stdint.h here. Unless you still must build on C89 or older compilers, you should just switch. > > I get supporting old compilers — I often need to support C++ compilers 10 years old or more — but C89 should be safe to drop in most projects by now. Yeah, we changed minimum requirements to C++03 recently (from C++98). The problem is we risk breaking user code, especially on Windows platforms where <stdint.h> or <cstdint> did not arrive until about 2010. Breaking user code means mailing list questions and bug reports. I prefer a silent and dark cockpits so I think its best to leave the cruft. Jeff _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
