Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Jul 2002 09:17:40 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Header files and the kernel ABI |
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Brad Hards wrote: > > I like it (having just argued for it), except for the __s* and __u*. > The ABI definitions aren't for kernel programmers. They are for > userspace programmers. So we should use standard types, > even if they are a bit ugly (and uint16_t isn't really much uglier > than __u16, and at least it doesn't carry connotations of > something that is meant to be internal, which is what the standard > double-underscore convention means). >
Not quite -- it means they are implementation-specific (in this case, Linux-specific.) The Linux __s* and __u* predates <stdint.h>; I certainly would like to migrate to <stdint.h> but I don't see it as a very high priority.
-hpa
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