The problem with integer types

C defines integer types int, long, short, char, signed or unsigned.

These types raise numerous problems in portable code:

• They change size from one arch/cpu to another
• There is no integer type which does the size of a pointer

C99 Types

C99 defines portable fixed-size types:

[u]intXX_t where u is present if unsigned, and XX is the size in bits. XX can range from 8 to 64, and is power of 2.

Moreover, C99 defines:

• [u]intptr_t, which is the size of an address, thus can contain a pointer
• [u]int_fastXX_t, which are at least XX bits long, but may be larger if the larger implementation is cheaper

C types in MutekH

Using legacy integer types in MutekH's core code is not wanted.

Default settings in configuration of the build system makes the legacy types emit a warning, or even dont compile at all.

Sometimes, because you are using huge amounts of code that must be used without a complete rewrite, you may want to disable this limitation adding the following line in the configuration file:

CONFIG_HEXO_INTTYPES_DEPRECATED undefined