Re: uint64_t fails with C++ (again)

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Will this problem be handled in a forthcoming autoconf release?
> 
> I'm afraid I don't understand the problem yet, as your original
> email defined __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS, but now you're saying that
> -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS fixes the problem.

Indeed, doing

  ./configure CC=g++ CPPFLAGS="-D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS"

fixes the issue, too.

> That being said, my guess is that it's not an autoconf bug.

Yep, it's a gcc bug.  Attached you can find some tests; hopefully,
this helps you.

> I tend to work around these sorts of glitches using Gnulib; its
> stdint module fixes the portability problem with __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
> that I know about.  Admittedly Gnulib is not for everybody.

Hehe.  I use gnulib, so this is just fine for me.


    Werner

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