From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K1lAr-0004w9-2V for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 12:40:21 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K1lAp-0004vp-DQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 12:40:19 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K1lAn-0004v4-Co for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 12:40:18 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52062 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K1lAm-0004uq-MU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 12:40:16 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:57223) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K1lAm-0000jB-Do for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 12:40:16 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K1lAP-0001Nn-SG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 18:39:55 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K1lAP-0005gT-M3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 18:39:53 +0200 Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 18:39:53 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080529163953.GA21784@thorin> References: <20080529085756.43310531@gibibit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20080529085756.43310531@gibibit.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: GRUB integral types? Why grub_uint32_t and not uint32_t? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 16:40:19 -0000 On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 08:57:56AM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > I was wondering why it is necessary to use the integral types with > the "grub_" prefix instead of the standard uint32_t, int16_t, etc.? > > It makes the most simple code much more verbose when we have to write > "grub_" so many times, and this seems like a case where it is not > needed. It makes our code more consistent and less prone to errors. This is more relevant for freestanding code like GRUB than it'd be for a user program. For an example, you can check the list archives and find how system headers in different OSes break GRUB in different interesting and fun ways ;-) -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)