Re: 0001-glob-simplify-symlink-detection.patch

2017-09-02 Thread Paul Eggert
Bruno Haible wrote: Such precautions are not needed, because - gnulib for sure will not be ported to architectures where no 8-bit integer type exists. Although that's true for much of Gnulib, many Gnulib modules would work just fine on such hosts. - Whether C99 requires it or not

Re: 0001-glob-simplify-symlink-detection.patch

2017-09-02 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Paul, > Use uint_fast8_t not uint8_t, as C99 does not require uint8_t. Such precautions are not needed, because - gnulib for sure will not be ported to architectures where no 8-bit integer type exists. - Whether C99 requires it or not, does not matter here: The 'glob' module depend