stdint.h INT_LEAST defines

[Eric Blake]

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According to Howland Craig D (Craig) on 3/7/2008 4:13 PM:
| So the basic question that this email is raising is:  are the INT_LEAST
| set of defines supposed to reflect the actual range that the respective
| int_least types can hold, or should they only reflect the range that
| they
| are required to hold?

POSIX requires the existence an 8-bit type (ie. char), and requires that
int_least<N>_t be the smallest type that has at least <N> bits with no
smaller type having enough bits.  Therefore, int_least8_t is required to
be exactly 8 bits, so your complaint is not worth worrying about.

Now, for int_least16_t, we may have something worth discussing - it is
theoretically conceivable to have a platform with only 1-byte and 4-byte
(but no 2-byte) types, meaning int_least16_t could be a 32-bit type.  But
since newlib doesn't target such a (theoretical) platform, this
conversation is still not worth worrying about.

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Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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