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Re: binding proposal (1st attempt)

To: mint-request@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu (Michal Jaegermann)
Subject: Re: binding proposal (1st attempt)
From: Julian F. Reschke <julian@GINA.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 15:15:54 MET DST
Cc: mint@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu (MiNT-Liste)
In-reply-to: <9301201822.AA18090@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>; from "Michal Jaegermann" at Jan 20, 93 11:20 am
Organization: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Muenster, Germany Department of Mathematics

> >	Contains definitions for data types like LONG, UWORD and so on.
> >	(Hides compiler dependencies)
> 
> For years we were trying to be careful enough to write proper headers
> and prototypes in order to avoid that kind of a brain damage (which
> originated in a kinky world of MS-DOS and broken compilers) and now
> Julian "bindingly propose" to go back to the heady Alcyon days.  Good
> grief...

He! It said '1st attempt'. Please explain how I can specify a data
type that is guaranteed to have 16 bits only by using int's, short's and
long's? And please explain why then the MiNT manual pages uses these
defined types, too?

> Besides <tos/...> name is wrong. "MiNT Is Not Tos" - remember?

Then name it <mint/...>.

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References:
- Re: binding proposal (1st attempt)
  - From: Michal Jaegermann <NTOMCZAK@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA>

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