Hi David,
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 4:17 PM David Laight <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Geert Uytterhoeven
> > Sent: 19 August 2019 18:15
> ...
> > > I think a cast to unsigned long is rather more common.
> > >
> > > uintptr_t is used ~1300 times in the kernel.
> > > I believe a cast to unsigned long is much more common.
> >
> > That is true, as uintptr_t was introduced in C99.
> > Similarly, unsigned long was used before size_t became common.
> >
> > However, nowadays size_t and uintptr_t are preferred.
>
> Isn't uintptr_t defined by the same standard as uint32_t?
I believe so.
> If the former is allowed so should the latter.
You mean the other way around?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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