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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

[.. whether types like int32_t should be part of the base language ..]

> And there are good reasons (backward compatability) for conditioning
> support of the fixed size types on inclusion of <stdint.h> rather
> than building them into the language.  Like it or not, it cannot be
> changed.

It isn't necessary to use <stdint.h> to give names to fixed-width
integer types.  A lot of people do it but it isn't necessary.