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On 6/16/21 7:51 PM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> In comp.lang.c, Ben Bacarisse  <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
...
>> Historically, this group has discussed many topics related to C.  Some
>> of the best threads have been prompted by "how would you write this?"
>> questions.
> 
> I probably exaggerate a bit, but say the "#include <stdint.h>" thread
> gets into standard related questions and answers:
> 
> 
>     Keith Thompson in <87wnqxxoe3.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com>:
>     SIMON [ in <sa5vrs$7d3$1@dont-email.me> ]:
>     > I was in the opinion that stdint.h is cross-compiler/cross-
>     > platform compliant.
> 
>     It is -- but none of the exact-width types are guaranteed to exist
>     (though the 8, 16, 32, and 64 bit ones almost certainly will on
>     typical systems).
> 
>     <inttypes.h> provides macros that expand to appropriate format strings.
>     <inttypes.h> includes <stdint.h>, so you don't need to include both,
>     though you can.

Discussions about what the standard actually says are on-topic in both
groups. Discussions about changes to what it says go on comp.std.c,
while questions about the best way to right your code, based upon what
it says in the standard, go on comp.lang.c.

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