On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 06:27:07PM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > *Why* someone would want to use an integer constant with type > "uint_least64_t" is a separate matter. One example follows -- assume all > of the below: > - suppose you write portable C99 source code, > - hence you can't take uint64_t for granted, > - you want a constant that's otherwise small enough to be represented as > "int", > - but you want that constant to trigger the "usual arithmetic > conversions" (see 6.3.1.8) to evaluate expressions that the constant > participates in in at least 64 bits, > - you want the narrowest type that allows you to do this.
- You want the code to self-document its intentions. I don't think ULL does that because it requires people to know that ULL is at least 64 bits. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones libguestfs lets you edit virtual machines. Supports shell scripting, bindings from many languages. http://libguestfs.org
