Re: [Plib-devel] PATCH: 64bit swap functions (updated)

[Julian F. <jul...@bt...>]

Steve Baker wrote:
> Julian Foad wrote:
> 
>> On a system where "int" is 64 bits, "%d", "%x", etc.  On a system 
>> where "long" is 64 bits, "%ld", "%lx", etc.  On other systems, some 
>> non-standard, system-specific format code.
>>
>> The closest thing to a standard is the "C99" (1999 revision of 
>> ANSI/ISO C) header files <stdint.h> and <inttypes.h> which are not 
>> (yet) part of standard C++ ...
> 
> So we won't be using them in PLIB - OK?

Hey, steady on!  I'm not going to force anyone to use them in PLIB, I'm just trying to offer a useful idea.

I don't know whether you considered my proposal or not.  You snipped the relevant part.  Something that is not standard C++ can still be used in PLIB in appropriate circumstances: for example, <machine/joystick.h> is used in src/js/jsBSD.cxx.

My point was that, as a part of the implementation of your own set of size-specific types and constants, it could be worth using those headers when they are available so that you only need your own platform-specific logic on the OTHER platforms, not on ALL platforms.

- Julian