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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: [QT creator on "nix"] - getting a strict 8 bit (1 byte) array with no padding
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 13:05:21 -0800
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Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> writes:
> On 24/11/2019 02:06, Keith Thompson wrote:
[...]
>> To be very clear, if you need an unsigned integer type of at least 8
>
> well strictly speaking I need a type of EXACTLY 8 bits, not more
>
>> bits, there is almost no good reason not to use uint8_t.  There is no
>> good reason to use some system-specific (or even undocumented)
>> equivalent.

Yes, I meant exactly.  I have no idea why I typed "at least".

[...]

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */