sys/types.h int8_t signed or unsigned

[J. Johnston]

Shaun Jackman wrote:
> In newlib-1.11.0 int8_t is defined as 
> 	typedef char int8_t;
> 
> Out of curiosity, is char known to be signed? I thought it was ambiguous
> (signed or unsigned depending on the platform). In which case this
> should be
> 	typedef signed char int8_t;
>

You are correct.  I will change this.

> Also, newlib doesn't provide stdint.h. Should it?
> 

Newlib is not C99 (or POSIX) so it technically does not have to provide stdint.h.  Would it be
nice and/or useful to have?  Definitely.  We have it for linux as it simply includes <sys/types.h>.
I can eventually add it or would you like to take a stab at implementing the shared version?

-- Jeff J.