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RE: [patch] Add fast<N>_t types to stdint.h
- From: "Schwarz, Konrad" <konrad dot schwarz at siemens dot com>
- To: <tprince at computer dot org>, "Ralf Corsepius" <ralf dot corsepius at rtems dot org>
- Cc: <joel dot sherrill at OARcorp dot com>, <newlib at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:09:47 +0200
- Subject: RE: [patch] Add fast<N>_t types to stdint.h
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newlib-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:newlib-owner@sources.redhat.com] On Behalf Of Tim Prince
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 4:55 PM
> To: Ralf Corsepius
> Cc: joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com; newlib@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [patch] Add fast<N>_t types to stdint.h
>
> Allowing -Os to have such an effect on data type selection
> would break
> things entirely. IMHO, unexpected incompatibilities should not be
> introduced between .o built with -Os and with -O2.
>
I agree completely. The size/space tradeoff is already captured with
the leastN and fastN types.