[Boost-users] using uint8_t & the like on open solaris

Subject: [Boost-users] using uint8_t & the like on open solaris
From: Maróy Ákos (akos_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-27 02:24:20

Mikko,

> You could try
> using boost::uint8_t; 

This is what I wanted to avoid.

looking at the issue further, it seems that solaris doesn't have the
<stdint> C++ include, only the <stdint.h> C include, and thus these
definitions are incolded from there, into the global namespace.

as a solution, <boost/cstdint.hpp> could put the contents of the
<stdint.h> C include into the std namespace explicitly, to increase C++
compliance - as the C includ would be unaware of namespaces anyway.

another workaround is to specify

using boost::uint8_t;

before usage.

Akos