2 Jul
2012
2 Jul
'12
4:26 p.m.
On 07/02/2012 06:53 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
I work all day, every day, with network protocols and binary file
formats. On every platform I work on, and indeed every platform I've
*ever* worked on, unsigned short has been 16 bits, and unsigned int has
been 32. That includes the 8-bitters as well. The idea is good, but
the syntactic sugar of excessive typedefs where they just aren't needed
(and portability to 95% of architectures isn't impacted) is just
pointless overcomplexification.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
> have none
of that uncivilized "uint32_t" bullshit that these kids have
> dreamed up...and, surprise, my code is VERY portable)
Well, that "uint32_t" crap is *very* useful for networking protocols or
binary file parsing.
-spc (I use uint32_t at work, but then again, I have to deal with network
protocols and binary file formats ... )