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Date:      Wed, 27 Feb 2002 05:24:19 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>
Cc:        <standards@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: scanf(3) patches for review
Message-ID:  <20020227051758.Y45742-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <200202261648.IAA20603@windsor.research.att.com>

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On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Bill Fenner wrote:

> >Strictly, uintmax_t is not suitable for storing pointers.
>
> I thought uintmax_t was the largest integer type, and uintptr_t was
> an integer type large enough to store a pointer -- so
> sizeof(uintmax_t) >= sizeof(uintptr_t).

Strictly, uintptr_t might not exist.  Of course, we are unlikely to
support machines where it doesn't.

Bruce


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