stddef include in gmp.h
Marc Glisse
marc.glisse at inria.fr
Tue Oct 8 14:57:15 CEST 2013
On Tue, 8 Oct 2013, Marc Glisse wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Oct 2013, Marc Glisse wrote:
>
>> We currently have:
>>
>> #define __need_size_t /* tell gcc stddef.h we only want size_t */
>> #if defined (__cplusplus)
>> #include <cstddef> /* for size_t */
>> #else
>> #include <stddef.h> /* for size_t */
>> #endif
>> #undef __need_size_t
>>
>> We should at least move the __need_size_t stuff so it only applies to
>> stddef.h (not cstddef), or preferably remove it completely, it isn't worth
>> the trouble. I am quite sure we already discussed that, but didn't get
>> around to it yet.
>
> I found http://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2008-July/001097.html where
> TG already agreed that __need_size_t had to go, so I removed it:
>
> http://gmplib.org:8000/gmp/rev/6cd3658f5621
And I forgot again, but I'll try to do it later, we should just include
stddef.h, not cstddef in C++, since we use a type called size_t and not
one called std::size_t.
--
Marc Glisse
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