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

[greg_t]

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:02I know how to use typedef

but this line from the stdint.h 

typedef __UINT8_T_TYPE__ uint8_t;

does not make sense to me

[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.

[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 14:02Where can I read about the compiler specifics ?

[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 14:02You are wrong this is not compiler specific ...

[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.

[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.