In message: <20100606041254.gb19...@netbsd.org>
David Holland <dholland-sourcechan...@netbsd.org> writes:
: On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 11:53:32PM +0200, Alistair Crooks wrote:
: > > Module Name: src
: > > Committed By: tnozaki
: > > Date: Wed Jun 2 16:04:52 UTC 2010
: > >
: > > Modified Files:
: > > src/lib/libc/locale: bsdctype.c
: > >
: > > Log Message:
: > > uint8_t -> unsigned char, int16_t -> short.
: >
: > As ever, thank you for looking after our locale code.
: >
: > I was just wondering why this change was made? It seems to be a backwards
: > step to me?
:
: I looked at it and it appears to me that it's a change to use
: non-sized types (that are guaranteed to be large enough) in the
: in-memory structures. If we ever do a port to a 36-bit machine or
: whatever it's probably desirable.
If you ever port to a 36-bit machine, you are going to have to lie and
define int32_t as 'int' anyway....
Warner
