Sebastian's Patches Committed

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 10/25/2013 05:13 PM, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> More imagination needed!
>> 1. Use <stdint.h> from GCC and do this consistently, or
> What do you mean by consistently?  Using it within compiled code
> in newlib, yes.  Leaking stdint.h by using it *in installed
> newlib headers* is a bug, not consistency.  The identifier
> leakage is an actual bug, as opposed to the fixed wart of not
> actually using the gcc stdint.h within newlib.
>
> So, I suggest that patch be reverted but I'm open to:
I don't like Sebastian's patch, either, but haven't actually tested it 
yet, to have a strong opinion about it.
>> 2. do not use <stdint.h> from GCC and define the type system on our own.
> 3. derive the internal definitions from gcc stdint.h.

There is another option: derive newlib's types from GCC internal types 
when possible and fall back to using heuristics when GCC's internal 
types are not available. This is what newlib had done before Sebastian's 
patches.

Ralf