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From: Brad Hards <bhards@bigpond.net.au>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>,
       Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] Input cleanups for 2.5.29 [2/2]
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 07:47:35 +1000
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 07:42, Alexander Viro wrote:
<snip>
> Strictly speaking, there might be a DISadvantage - IIRC, there's nothing to
> stop gcc from
> #define uint8_t unsigned long long	/* it is at least 8 bits */
Here is an extract from <linux/types.h>
typedef         __u8            uint8_t;
typedef         __u16           uint16_t;

> ICBW, but wasn't uint<n>_t only promised to be at least <n> bits?
I am not sure I understand the point you are trying to make.

Brad
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