Re: [avr-gcc-list] Data Array alignment

[Galen Seitz]

Trampas <address@hidden> wrote:

> I always create my own typedefs, I have been bitten before where a compiler
> does things funny with variable types. For example is a char a signed or
> unsigned value. Thus by defining my own typedefs I just eliminate all these
> problems and make the code the easier to port. 

uint8_t is part of the C99 standard.  These data types were created in
order to avoid just the sort of problems you are describing.  See stdint.h.

galen