Question

I was wondering what is the difference between uint32_t and uint32, and when I looked in the header files it had this:

types.h:

    /** @brief 32-bit unsigned integer. */
    typedef unsigned int uint32;
stdint.h:

    typedef unsigned   uint32_t;

This only leads to more questions:
What is the difference between

unsigned varName;

and

unsigned int varName;

?

I am using MinGW.

Answer 1

unsigned and unsigned int are synonymous, much like unsigned short [int] and unsigned long [int].

uint32_t is a type that’s (optionally) defined by the C standard. uint32 is just a name you made up, although it happens to be defined as the same thing.