Hello,

I apologize in advance if this is OT, but I've been scouring the 'Net for
some time and still can't find the answer.  I have been using "intX_t" and
"u_intX_t" for years in my applications because I believed it was the
portable thing to do according to POSIX 1003.1.  I have had no problems
between NetBSD, Linux and HP-UX.   Recently, I discovered that these types
are not defined anywhere on SunOS 5.6.  Instead, there is "intX_t" (yes,
the same) and "uintX_t".  These are defined via <inttypes.h>.  Now I see
that NetBSD, Linux and HP-UX define these as well.  Am I incorrect to use
the (apparently) old-style "u_intX_t"?  It seems these newer types (via
<inttypes.h>) are UNIX-98.  I would like to know if this supercedes the
POSIX types.

thanks,
-bp
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