[PATCH v2 1/8] system_data_types.7: Add 'intmax_t'

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Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 man7/system_data_types.7 | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7
index fe6e90afe..e718b3c30 100644
--- a/man7/system_data_types.7
+++ b/man7/system_data_types.7
@@ -343,6 +343,62 @@ Conforming to: C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later.
 See also:
 .BR imaxdiv (3)
 .RE
+.\"------------------------------------- intmax_t ---------------------/
+.TP
+.I intmax_t
+.RS
+.br
+Include:
+.IR <stdint.h> .
+Alternatively,
+.IR <inttypes.h> .
+.PP
+A signed integer type
+capable of representing any value of any signed integer type
+supported by the implementation.
+According to the C language standard, it shall be
+capable of storing values in the range
+.RB [ INTMAX_MIN ,
+.BR INTMAX_MAX ].
+.PP
+The macro
+.B INTMAX_C
+.\" TODO: Document INT*_C(3)
+expands its argument to an integer constant of type
+.IR intmax_t .
+.PP
+The length modifier for
+.I intmax_t
+for the
+.BR printf (3)
+and the
+.BR scanf (3)
+families of functions is
+.BR j ;
+resulting commonly in
+.B %jd
+or
+.B %ji
+for printing
+.I intmax_t
+values.
+.PP
+Bugs:
+.I intmax_t
+is not large enough to represent values of type
+.I __int128
+in implementations where
+.I __int128
+is defined and
+.I long long
+is less than 128 bits wide.
+.PP
+Conforming to: C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.PP
+See also the
+.I uintmax_t
+type in this page.
+.RE
 .\"------------------------------------- lconv ------------------------/
 .TP
 .I lconv
-- 
2.28.0




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