From Newsgroup: comp.lang.c
scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
[.. whether types like int32_t should be part of the base language ..]
And there are good reasons (backward compatability) for conditioning
support of the fixed size types on inclusion of <stdint.h> rather
than building them into the language. Like it or not, it cannot be
changed.
It isn't necessary to use <stdint.h> to give names to fixed-width
integer types. A lot of people do it but it isn't necessary.
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