[patch] Fix for BZ #15366 (ignore __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS, __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS)

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Tue Apr 16 20:47:00 GMT 2013


On 04/16/2013 05:42 PM, Paul Pluzhnikov wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Should we really apply this change retroactively to C++98 and C++03?
>
> I just checked: neither C++98, nor C++03, mention <stdint.h>,
> __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS, or __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS.

I'm just wondering if whatever reason prompted the inclusion of the C++ 
kludge into C99 might still apply today when compiling C++98 (or C++03) 
code.  Why wouldn't the rationale continue to apply?

-- 
Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team



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