Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:42:32 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [patch] Input cleanups for 2.5.29 [2/2] |
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Brad Hards wrote: > > > > We shouldn't arbitrarily invent new types that could be trivially done with > > standard types. Maybe we could retain existing usage for ABIs that are > > unchanged from 2.0 days, but we certainly shouldn't be making the ABI > > any worse. > > I disagree. > > I actively _dislike_ those stupid standard typenames. I don't want them in > the kernel, and they have no advantages over the standard kernel types > that have been there for a _loong_ time.
Strictly speaking, there might be a DISadvantage - IIRC, there's nothing to stop gcc from #define uint8_t unsigned long long /* it is at least 8 bits */ ICBW, but wasn't uint<n>_t only promised to be at least <n> bits?
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