linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make exported headers use strict posix types

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Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:58:39 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
CC:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>,
	mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make exported headers use strict posix types

David Woodhouse wrote:
>> Not legitimate in *exported* headers.
> 
> Not in the ones which might be included implicitly by glibc, perhaps --
> but other non-POSIX headers are perfectly entitled to require C standard
> types, surely?

It doesn't make any sense, though, when there is a straighforward way to 
deal without.

Now, for source code maintainability reasons I still believe this should 
be done mechanically instead of having to edit the source all over the 
place.

	-hpa

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