Re: compile problems

[Arvin Schnell]

On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, Andrew Clausen wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 05:36:09PM +0200, Arvin Schnell wrote:
> >
> > Dear parted authors,
> >
> > I just want to say you that you shouldn't define
> > any variables beginning with two underscores, as
> > it is the case in parted 1.4.14 with all these
> > __s16, __u32 and so on.
>
> They are not variables ;)

You are right.

> If libc defines __s16, or whatever, I hope it defines them
> correctly ;)  I personally find uint64_t, etc. difficult to read.
> (Imagine you want to calculate the offset of a field quickly in
> your head...) __u64 is easy.
>
> Should I define them as u64_t or _u64 instead?

That't ok. Only names starting with two underscores and names
starting with an underscore and a uppercase letter are reserved.

> > Those names are reserved
> > for libc internal variables (and used on ia64).
> > I suggest to include <stdint.h> and use the
> > types defined there.
>
> I don't see how that could cause any problems.

The compiler complains about redefinitions.

ciao Arvin

> Thanks,
> Andrew
>

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