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Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:

> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:

[suggestion to use uint8_t and uint32_t in place of (my earlier use
 of) unsigned char and unsigned int]

>> There are some real-world C implementations that do not have uint8_t
>> and/or uint32_t, but the overlap in code between these niche systems
>> and "normal" systems is almost non-existent.  So the use of
>> "uint_least8_t", "uint_fast32_t" and similar types is IMHO needless
>> complication and verbosity, and certainly not something beginners
>> should need to bother about.
>
> Really?  That's a complication?
>
> Being a beginners is another matter.  We don't know what sort of
> beginner this is (I think it was a drive-by anyway), but none of the
> types is ideal for a beginner.  In fact, I imagine that's partly what
> motivated TR's choice.

Quite so.