[boost] Re: Fwd: Stdint header?

From: Nathan Myers (ncm_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-08-05 14:33:35

Tom Plum wrote: 
> I want to provide some arguments for making use of, and encouraging
> the use of, the <stdint.h> as defined in C9X (or indirectly thru a
> boost-specific <stdint.hpp> or whatever).

I agree with Tom: if boost defines something to do a job similar 
to C's <stdint.h>, it should do it markedly better, or not at all.

An example would be a header to allow you to declare a variable 
of the smallest type with _at_least_ N bits.  This could be built 
on top of the C <stdint.h> or its expected namespace-respecting 
replacement <cstdint>.

Nathan Myers
ncm_at_[hidden]