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The header <code class="literal"><a href="../../../../../boost/cstdint.hpp" target="_top">&lt;boost/cstdint.hpp&gt;</a></code>
provides the typedef's useful for writing portable code that requires certain
integer widths. All typedef's are in namespace boost.
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The specifications are based on the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 C Language standard
header &lt;stdint.h&gt;. The 64-bit types required by the C standard are
not required in the boost header, and may not be supplied in all implementations,
because <code class="literal">long long</code> is not [yet] included in the C++ standard.
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The organization of the Boost.Integer headers and classes is designed to
take advantage of &lt;stdint.h&gt; types from the 1999 C standard without
resorting to undefined behavior in terms of the 1998 C++ standard. The header
&lt;boost/cstdint.hpp&gt; makes the standard integer types safely available
in namespace <code class="literal">boost</code> without placing any names in namespace
<code class="literal">std</code>. As always, the intension is to complement rather
than compete with the C++ Standard Library. Should some future C++ standard
include &lt;stdint.h&gt; and &lt;cstdint&gt;, then &lt;boost/cstdint.hpp&gt;
will continue to function, but will become redundant and may be safely deprecated.
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As an implementation artifact, certain C &lt;limits.h&gt; macro names may
possibly be visible to users of &lt;boost/cstdint.hpp&gt;. Don't use these
macros; they are not part of any Boost-specified interface. Use <code class="literal">boost::integer_traits&lt;&gt;</code>
or <code class="literal">std::numeric_limits&lt;&gt;</code> instead.
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As another implementation artifact, certain C &lt;stdint.h&gt; typedef names
may possibly be visible in the global namespace to users of &lt;boost/cstdint.hpp&gt;.
Don't use these names, they are not part of any Boost-specified interface.
Use the respective names in namespace <code class="literal">boost</code> instead.
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The typedef <code class="literal">int#_t</code>, with # replaced by the width, designates
a signed integer type of exactly # bits; for example <code class="literal">int8_t</code>
denotes an 8-bit signed integer type. Similarly, the typedef <code class="literal">uint#_t</code>
designates an unsigned integer type of exactly # bits.
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These types are optional. However, if an implementation provides integer
types with widths of 8, 16, 32, or 64 bits, it shall define the corresponding
typedef names.
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The absence of int64_t and uint64_t is indicated by the macro <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_NO_INT64_T</span></code>.
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The typedef <code class="literal">int_least#_t</code>, with # replaced by the width,
designates a signed integer type with a width of at least # bits, such that
no signed integer type with lesser size has at least the specified width.
Thus, <code class="literal">int_least32_t</code> denotes a signed integer type with
a width of at least 32 bits. Similarly, the typedef name <code class="literal">uint_least#_t</code>
designates an unsigned integer type with a width of at least # bits, such
that no unsigned integer type with lesser size has at least the specified
width.
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Required minimum-width integer types:
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The types:
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<li><code class="literal">int_least64_t</code></li>
<li><code class="literal">uint_least64_t</code></li>
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Are available only if, after inclusion of <code class="literal">&lt;boost/cstdint.hpp&gt;</code>
the macro <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_NO_INT64_T</span></code>
is <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>not defined</strong></span></em></span>.
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All other minimum-width integer types are optional.
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The typedef <code class="literal">int_fast#_t</code>, with # replaced by the width,
designates the fastest signed integer type with a width of at least # bits.
Similarly, the typedef name <code class="literal">uint_fast#_t</code> designates the
fastest unsigned integer type with a width of at least # bits.
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There is no guarantee that these types are fastest for all purposes. In any
case, however, they satisfy the signedness and width requirements.
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Required fastest minimum-width integer types:
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<li><code class="literal">int_fast8_t</code></li>
<li><code class="literal">int_fast16_t</code></li>
<li><code class="literal">int_fast32_t</code></li>
<li><code class="literal">uint_fast8_t</code></li>
<li><code class="literal">uint_fast16_t</code></li>
<li><code class="literal">uint_fast32_t</code></li>
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The types:
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<li><code class="literal">int_fast64_t</code></li>
<li><code class="literal">uint_fast64_t</code></li>
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Are available only if, after inclusion of <code class="literal">&lt;boost/cstdint.hpp&gt;</code>
the macro <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_NO_INT64_T</span></code>
is <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>not defined</strong></span></em></span>.
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All other fastest minimum-width integer types are optional.
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The typedef <code class="literal">intmax_t </code>designates a signed integer type
capable of representing any value of any signed integer type.
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The typedef <code class="literal">uintmax_t</code> designates an unsigned integer type
capable of representing any value of any unsigned integer type.
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These types are required.
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