Re: size_max: remove it?

[Derek R. Price]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> 2) I use the size_max module inside gettext's libintl, and a full-blown
>>    <stdint.h> feels like overkill in this case, when we just need one macro.
> 
> I'd been assuming that the stdint module would be modified to depend
> on size_max, to cater to people who need SIZE_MAX but not all of
> stdint.h.

It sounds reasonable to leave size_max in for those who want it, but is
it really necessary to make stdint depend on it?  All that extra work by
configure sounds like overkill too, when stdint_.h has already included
<stddef.h> and so the current code from stdint_.h suffices:

#ifndef SIZE_MAX /* SIZE_MAX may also be defined in config.h. */
# define SIZE_MAX ((size_t)~(size_t)0)
#endif

Regards,

Derek
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