Re: [Libexif-devel] sizeof(long) == 4?

[Hans U. N. <gp...@n-...>]

Hi Joerg :-)

Joerg Hoh <jo...@de...> writes:

> I've seen in several files unter libexif/, that sizeof(long) is assumed to
> be 4 bytes. On all 32bit plattforms this is true, but on linux and 64bit
> plattforms (x86-64, alpha, sparc64, ...) it is 8 bytes in size.
>
> I'll try to convert to that to uint32_t, which is always 32 bits in size.
> Maybe all references to exif_get_short to exif_get_uint16, too? This would
> be the most portable and consequent way to do this.

Definitely. For formats of a fixed size, one should always use
u?int(8|16|32)_t. If required, ship a _stdint.h and do some automake
and #ifdef magic.

Gru=DF,

Uli

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