From: steveo@eircom.net   
      
   On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:32:49 +0100   
   Richard Kettlewell  wrote:   
      
   > I don’t think I’d fault either decision though the fact that we’ve   
   ended   
   > up with two conventions does make writing/maintaining portable code a   
   > bit more annoying,   
      
   	Portable code should only rely on the standards not   
   implementations, some very weird possibilities are legal within the   
   standard.   
      
   	There are always the int_t types for when size matters.   
      
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