From dbeb9f6390380798415e19b808109d1ade6291c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:10:41 +0200 Subject: info: portable integer types that should not be used in headers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- doc/info/chap/integer-types.texinfo | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/info/chap/integer-types.texinfo b/doc/info/chap/integer-types.texinfo index cbc4b45..10de78a 100644 --- a/doc/info/chap/integer-types.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/chap/integer-types.texinfo @@ -255,6 +255,11 @@ guaranteed to be defined. These types are standard library-independent, but compiler-dependent and machine-dependent. +Because these types' width depending on the +compiler, their use in function prototypes, +@code{struct}:s, and @code{union}:s is +discouraged. Use in inline function however, +is should be fine. The exact ranges of these types are [@code{INT_LEAST@i{N}_MIN}, @code{INT_LEAST@i{N}_MAX}]. @@ -303,6 +308,11 @@ be a @code{int64_t} (@code{long long int}). These types are standard library-dependent, compiler-dependent and machine-dependent. +Because these types are library-dependent, their +use in function prototypes, @code{struct}:s, +and @code{union}:s is highly discouraged. +Use in inline function however, is should be +fine. The exact ranges of these types are [@code{INT_FAST@i{N}_MIN}, @code{INT_FAST@i{N}_MAX}]. @@ -330,6 +340,11 @@ be a @code{uint64_t} (@code{unsigned long long int}). These types are standard library-dependent and machine-dependent, but compiler-independent. +Because these types are library-dependent, their +use in function prototypes, @code{struct}:s, +and @code{union}:s is highly discouraged. +Use in inline function however, is should be +fine. The exact ranges of these types are [0, @code{UINT_FAST@i{N}_MAX}]. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2