Re: C99 code in utf8proc.h

On 28.02.2014 20:15, Philip Martin wrote:
> The introduction of utf8proc in libsvn_subr has brought this code in
> utf8proc.h:
>
> #ifdef _MSC_VER
> typedef signed char int8_t;
> typedef unsigned char uint8_t;
> typedef short int16_t;
> typedef unsigned short uint16_t;
> typedef int int32_t;
> #ifdef _WIN64
> #define ssize_t __int64
> #else
> #define ssize_t int
> #endif
> typedef unsigned char bool;
> enum {false, true};
> #else
> #include <stdbool.h>
> #include <inttypes.h>
> #endif
>
> stdbool.h and inttypes.h are from C99 and are not part of C89 so a
> strictly conforming C89 compiler rejects this code. If we were to use
> the Windows code, typdef and enum, on all platforms we could remove the
> C99 code. We could relax our C89 requirements but it seems a bit silly
> to do it for something as trivial as this.

We should add configury to define HAVE_STDBOOL_H and HAVE_INTTYPES_H,
and only define our own types if these aren't defined. I'd leave the
MSVC-specific bits alone.

-- Brane

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