Re: [QT creator on "nix"] - getting a strict 8 bit (1 byte) array with no padding

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: [QT creator on "nix"] - getting a strict 8 bit (1 byte) array with no padding
Date	2019-11-24 13:05 -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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Re: [QT creator on "nix"] - getting a strict 8 bit (1 byte) array with no padding Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-11-24 13:05 -0800

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