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Date:      Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:14:18 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r249355 - head/lib/libkvm
Message-ID:  <20130411091418.GW76816@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130411184049.W1641@besplex.bde.org>
References:  <201304110730.r3B7Uo6d067302@svn.freebsd.org> <20130411175308.Q1435@besplex.bde.org> <20130411082457.GS76816@FreeBSD.org> <20130411184049.W1641@besplex.bde.org>

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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 06:49:02PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
B> > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 05:59:24PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
B> > B> > Modified:
B> > B> >  head/lib/libkvm/kvm.h
B> > B> >
B> > B> > Modified: head/lib/libkvm/kvm.h
B> > B> > ==============================================================================
B> > B> > --- head/lib/libkvm/kvm.h	Thu Apr 11 07:02:27 2013	(r249354)
B> > B> > +++ head/lib/libkvm/kvm.h	Thu Apr 11 07:30:49 2013	(r249355)
B> > B> > @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
B> > B> > #define	_KVM_H_
B> > B> >
B> > B> > #include <sys/cdefs.h>
B> > B> > -#include <sys/_types.h>
B> > B>
B> > B> The __uintXX_t types are declared here, and should be used, like the
B> > B> __Xsize_t types already are.
B> >
B> > Why non-standard types should be used instead of standard ones?
B> 
B> Sometimes because the namespace doesn't allow the standard ones, but
B> here I was just saying to typedef just the standard ones that you need
B> (only uint64_t?) as is done for size_t and ssize_t.  Including
B> <sys/types.h> also turns the careful ifdefs for the latter into
B> no-ops.

What was the reason to avoid including types.h and typedefing size_t
and ssize_t manually?

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.



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