Re: [boost] stdint.h/inttypes.h

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-09-28 07:28:42

At 07:17 AM 9/28/2000 -0400, John Maddock wrote:

 >Just one final word or caution on stdint.h:
 >
 >Although many Unix systems have an <inttypes.h> it does not correspond to
 >the C99 equivalent, which defines many types not required to be defined 
by
 >POSIX/Open Group standards.
 >
 > ...

Yes, the C committee added a great deal.  It seems like the long term 
solution is to get vendors to start supplying C99 compliant headers.

The Library Working Group of the C++ committee will start planning the 
process for library extensions at the Toronto meeting.  Hopefully, adding 
the C++ appropriate headers from C99 will become one of the work items.

--Beman