Defect Report #248

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Submitter: UK C Panel
Submission Date: 2001-09-07
Source: Clive D.W. Feather <clive@demon.net>
Version: 1.1
Date: 2002-03-06
Subject: limits are required for optional types

Problem

The types sig_atomic_t and wchar_t are optional on freestanding implementations, since they don't have to provide the relevant headers. But the limits SIG_ATOMIC_MIN, SIG_ATOMIC_MAX, WINT_MIN, and WINT_MAX are in <stdint.h>, which all implementations must provide. So a freestanding implementation must provide limits for types which it doesn't implement.

Suggested Technical Corrigendum

Append to 7.18.3#2:

A freestanding implementation shall only define the symbols corresponding to those typedef names it actually provides.

Technical Corrigendum

Append to 7.18.3#2:

An implementation shall define only the macros corresponding to those typedef names it actually provides.
Add a footnote to the last sentence of 7.18.3#2 to read:
A freestanding implementation need not provide all of these types.


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