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author | Jörg Mayer <jmayer@loplof.de> | 2005-02-01 15:45:03 +0000 |
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committer | Jörg Mayer <jmayer@loplof.de> | 2005-02-01 15:45:03 +0000 |
commit | 64e12f75186edc37f02634c089bbc52ddfc08190 (patch) | |
tree | a7b5b4d53f9b8affca23cfad7dbb3f916f86f2c5 /doc | |
parent | 2614749268f6c9c916dc7d35d7994d57619ef26a (diff) |
Add boolean to the list of non-portable types
svn path=/trunk/; revision=13227
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/README.developer | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.developer b/doc/README.developer index 5d70fbebb1..dfea3e1ece 100644 --- a/doc/README.developer +++ b/doc/README.developer @@ -39,14 +39,15 @@ the function in a header file, even if this requires that you not make it inline on any platform. Don't use "uchar", "u_char", "ushort", "u_short", "uint", "u_int", -"ulong", or "u_long"; they aren't defined on all platforms. If you want -an 8-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint8"; if you want an 8-bit character -value with the 8th bit not interpreted as a sign bit, use "guchar"; if -you want a 16-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint16"; if you want a 32-bit -unsigned quantity, use "guint32"; and if you want an "int-sized" -unsigned quantity, use "guint". Use "%d", "%u", "%x", and "%o" to print -those types; don't use "%ld", "%lu", "%lx", or "%lo", as longs are 64 -bits long on many platforms, but "guint32" is 32 bits long. +"ulong", "u_long" or "boolean"; they aren't defined on all platforms. +If you want an 8-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint8"; if you want an +8-bit character value with the 8th bit not interpreted as a sign bit, +use "guchar"; if you want a 16-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint16"; +if you want a 32-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint32"; and if you want +an "int-sized" unsigned quantity, use "guint"; if you want a boolean, +use "gboolean". Use "%d", "%u", "%x", and "%o" to print those types; +don't use "%ld", "%lu", "%lx", or "%lo", as longs are 64 bits long on +many platforms, but "guint32" is 32 bits long. Don't use "long" to mean "signed 32-bit integer", and don't use "unsigned long" to mean "unsigned 32-bit integer"; "long"s are 64 bits |