Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Sorry, I didn't read size_max.m4 which seem to be doing some
> interesting things.
This means it's time to put some comments. I also had a hard time remembering
why <limits.h> and <stdint.h> were used and no others. How about this?
> Still, is there a reason the size_max.m4 magic shouldn't be merged
> into the stdint module?
1) Is the 'stdint' module tested as much (on as many platforms) as other
gnulib modules? gettext doesn't use it so far. coreutils uses it for
3 months only. clisp uses it but is not tested on so many platforms.
2) I use the size_max module inside gettext's libintl, and a full-blown
<stdint.h> feels like overkill in this case, when we just need one macro.
Bruno
*** size_max.h 11 Jul 2005 19:13:35 -0000 1.3
--- size_max.h 27 Apr 2006 18:02:42 -0000
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*** 1,5 ****
/* size_max.h -- declare SIZE_MAX through system headers
! Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by Simon Josefsson.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
--- 1,5 ----
/* size_max.h -- declare SIZE_MAX through system headers
! Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by Simon Josefsson.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
***************
*** 19,27 ****
--- 19,31 ----
#ifndef GNULIB_SIZE_MAX_H
#define GNULIB_SIZE_MAX_H
+ /* Get SIZE_MAX declaration on systems like Solaris 7/8/9. */
# include <limits.h>
+ /* Get SIZE_MAX declaration on systems like glibc 2. */
# if HAVE_STDINT_H
# include <stdint.h>
# endif
+ /* On systems where these include files don't define it, SIZE_MAX is defined
+ in config.h. */
#endif /* GNULIB_SIZE_MAX_H */
