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I'd much prefer C users not use long at all. What's wrong with size_t and uint32_t and uint64_t?

• UncleEntity 3y ago
  > What's wrong with size_t and uint32_t and uint64_t? An extra #include and more typing? Plus, all the C89 users are out of luck...
  • int_19h 3y ago
    It's trivial to roll your own basic <stdint.h> with those types for existing C89 implementations. Unless they don't provide the corresponding type natively at all (which can be the case for some 16-bit platforms and 64-bit). But then you have a bigger problem anyway.
  • legulere 3y ago
    Only with effort Linux was able to be ported to Clang. All compilers that compile Linux should also be able to deal with size_t and consorts.
  • deleted 3y ago
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