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Re: [PATCH] newlib-stdint.h: Remove 32 bit longs

On Mon, 22 Aug 2016, Andy Ross wrote:

> And gcc, as seen by this patch, sets it to a long because it thinks
> that's what newlib *wants*.

That would be because a newlib version that included the change

commit 843e635aaa02f16f314688ba5dd8a5edc3929095
Author: Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Dec 16 19:03:12 2005 +0000

    2005-12-16  Ralf Corsepius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
    
        * libc/include/stdint.h: Prefer long over int for int32_t.
        Use __have_long32 to set up int32_t.
        * libc/include/inttypes.h: Use "#if xxx" instead of "#ifdef xxx"
        (Sync with stdint.h).

was the basis for GCC's understanding of the types used by newlib, but at 
some subsequent point newlib changed its choice of type again.

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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com
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