> Same as for going C++. Not to the same extent, this will be worse because done en masse throughout the code instead of gradually.
> Make the code base easier to understand for newcomers. It's also a > documentation improvement (you see what a HOST_WIDE_INT really is), > alongside with [u]int64_t being less to type ... I personally find the abstraction and the separation with the other, more mundane types useful, but I guess that it's a matter of habit. -- Eric Botcazou
