Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/locale

[David Holland <dholland-sourcechanges%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 11:53:32PM +0200, Alistair Crooks wrote:
 > > Module Name:       src
 > > Committed By:      tnozaki
 > > Date:              Wed Jun  2 16:04:52 UTC 2010
 > > 
 > > Modified Files:
 > >    src/lib/libc/locale: bsdctype.c
 > > 
 > > Log Message:
 > > uint8_t -> unsigned char, int16_t -> short.
 > 
 > As ever, thank you for looking after our locale code.
 > 
 > I was just wondering why this change was made? It seems to be a backwards
 > step to me?

I looked at it and it appears to me that it's a change to use
non-sized types (that are guaranteed to be large enough) in the
in-memory structures. If we ever do a port to a 36-bit machine or
whatever it's probably desirable.

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David A. Holland
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