Re:Writing C software without the standard library
by DSMan195276 on Thursday December 01, 2016 @03:09AM
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I haven't programming on the PS4, but an 8-byte `int` sound very suspect and fairly unlike (but not impossible). That said, it wouldn't be a huge issue. `short` could either be a 2-byte or 4-byte int (Either would be standards compliant), and `char` would presumably still be byte-sized (Not doing so would be a fairly big issue to deal with).
That leaves out either the 2-byte or 4-byte int from the standard data-types, but you can gain that back by simply using a compiler attribute or compiler-defined type to allow access too it. While that sounds non-standard, it really wouldn't be that bad because it could simply be used in `stdint.h` to expose the standard `int16_t` and `int32_t` types, which could be used like normal.
That leaves out either the 2-byte or 4-byte int from the standard data-types, but you can gain that back by simply using a compiler attribute or compiler-defined type to allow access too it. While that sounds non-standard, it really wouldn't be that bad because it could simply be used in `stdint.h` to expose the standard `int16_t` and `int32_t` types, which could be used like normal.