uint8_t definition

[greg_t]

Posted on August 13, 2010 at 16:28

uint8_t definition

[stforum2]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typedef

[stforum2]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02

Ah yes, I remember that obscure definition.  I'll go back and take a look again.

[greg_t]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02

I know how to use typedef

but this line from the stdint.h 

typedef __UINT8_T_TYPE__ uint8_t;

does not make sense to me

[greg_t]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02

Where can I read about the compiler specifics ?

[stforum2]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02

Sorry I cannot find a reference to typedef __UINT8_T_TYPE__ uint8_t; any more.

It was a few weeks ago.

I vaguely remember that we could not find a definition of __UINT8_T_TYPE__ but I'm not sure.

I think __UINT8_T_TYPE__ might be compiler specific.

[greg_t]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02

You are wrong this is not compiler specific ...

[stforum2]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02

These are things that are specific to a particular compiler implementation.

So the documentation for your compiler is the main place that you should find them.

[greg_t]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02

It looks like everybody knows that this declaration is there but nobody knows where to find it.

[domen23]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02

Depends on your libc.

In codesourcery (newlib) there's:

typedef unsigned char uint8_t ;

In others you should be able to track it down and eventually come to unsigned char.

[Andrew Neil]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02

but this line from the stdint.h 

typedef __UINT8_T_TYPE__ uint8_t;

There is no stdint.h file in the STM32F10x_StdPeriph_Lib v3.3.0 download dated Apr-2010:

 

http://www.st.com/stonline/products/support/micro/files/stm32f10x_stdperiph_lib.zip

- so you must be looking at an earlier version, or something toolchain-specific.

Note that, by convention, names in ALL CAPITALS are preprocessor #defines - so have you searched for a #define __UINT8_T_TYPE__   ?

Any decent IDE should have a ''Go To Definition'' facility - have you tried that...?