Question

I often see source code using types like uint32, uint64 and I wonder if they should be defined by the programmer in the application code or if they are defined in a standard lib header.

What’s the best way to have these types on my application source code?

Answer 1

The C99 stdint.h defines these:

• int8_t
• int16_t
• int32_t
• uint8_t
• uint16_t
• uint32_t

And, if the architecture supports them:

• int64_t
• uint64_t

There are various other integer typedefs in stdint.h as well.

If you’re stuck without a C99 environment then you should probably supply your own typedefs and use the C99 ones anyway.

The uint32 and uint64 (i.e. without the _t suffix) are probably application specific.