The standard provides for implementation-defined integer types. See my other com...

		to3m on Jan 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to C in 2016 The standard provides for implementation-defined integer types. See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10868435 See also this suggestion that the gcc people, true to form, considered making uint8_t something other than unsigned char: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10868953

I apologize. I wasn't aware of extended integer types.