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Re: Avoid 'int' and associates.

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From	James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Subject	Re: Avoid 'int' and associates.
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Date	2015-06-15 21:04 -0600

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On 06/15/2015 05:54 PM, Mr Flibble wrote:
> 
> On 15/06/2015 21:54, Francis Glassborow wrote:
...
>>   In reality very few if any programmers have ever made use of those
>> extended types, and where they have, they are often not portable (there
>> is no guarantee that any of the exact types exist on a platform)
> 
> Can you back that assertion up with any facts at all?

Which assertion are you referring to? Normally, "that" refers to the
most recently mentioned thing that it could refer to, but his very last
assertion is easy to back up: 7.20.1.1, describing the Exact-width
Types, says in paragraph 3: "These types are optional". His earlier
assertions are much more questionable, but if you meant to refer to one
of them, you should have used some phrase other than "that assertion".

...
> concerned the MISRA C++ coding standard for safey critical systems 
> prohibits the use of basic numerical types and mandates the use of the 
> typedefs from <cstdint> (or an equivalent).

I'm not impressed by MISRA's guidelines in general, and this one fits
into that pattern. I've only heard of them second-hand; a copy of those
guidelines is too expensive to justify buying one if you don't have an
obligation to follow those guidelines. However, what I've heard from
other people about those guidelines has not impressed me (and most of
those people were MISRA supporters).
-- 
James Kuyper


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Avoid 'int' and associates. Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2015-06-14 06:36 -0600
  Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-06-14 18:00 -0600
  Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Francis Glassborow <francis.glassborow@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-14 18:07 -0600
  Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. "James K. Lowden" <jklowden@speakeasy.net> - 2015-06-14 18:11 -0600
  Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-14 18:11 -0600
  Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@googlemail.com> - 2015-06-14 18:11 -0600
  Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2015-06-14 20:24 -0600
    Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-15 07:13 -0600
      Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Francis Glassborow <francis.glassborow@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-15 11:22 -0600
        Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2015-06-15 13:02 -0600
          Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Francis Glassborow <francis.glassborow@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-15 14:54 -0600
            Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2015-06-15 15:54 -0600
              Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-15 21:04 -0600
                Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-16 07:05 -0600
                Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-16 14:59 -0600
                Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-16 16:47 -0600
              Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-06-16 09:54 -0600
                Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2015-06-16 14:59 -0600
                Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2015-06-16 16:47 -0600
              Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-06-16 15:03 -0600
                Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2015-06-16 16:47 -0600
                Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. pip010 <pip010@googlemail.com> - 2015-08-03 06:54 -0600
                Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. maddoxr@acm.org - 2015-08-03 10:01 -0600
            Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-15 21:04 -0600
          Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-15 15:55 -0600
        Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-16 07:04 -0600
  Re: Avoid 'int' and associates. Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2015-06-27 14:17 -0600

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