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### 1456. Missing fixed-size `atomic_` typedefs

Section: 31 [atomics] Status: NAD Submitter: BSI Opened: 2010-08-25 Last modified: 2016-01-28

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

Addresses GB-129

Table 143 lists the typedefs for various atomic types corresponding to the various standard integer typedefs, such as `atomic_int_least8_t` for `int_least8_t`, and `atomic_uint_fast64_t` for `uint_fast64_t`. However, there are no atomic typedefs corresponding to the fixed-size standard typedefs `int8_t`, `int16_t`, and so forth.

[ 2010-10-24 Daniel adds: ]

> Accepting n3164 would solve this issue.

[ 2011-02-15 Anthony corrects numbering/naming for N3225, Howard suggests improvement for the position of '(optional)', Daniel reorders rows in harmony to remaining entries and suggests specific optionality comments: ]

[2011-02-16 Reflector discussion]

Moved to Tentatively Ready after 5 votes.

[2011-03-16: Hans reopenes and comments]

WG14 briefly discussed LWG 1456. It turns out that they had previously made a conscious decision not to make a similar change. If C++ would deviate, this would introduce a C divergence.

We should reopen the issue and, in my opinion, probably resolve it as NAD instead. This is in a part of the standard that is there mostly for C compatibility, so introducing divergence here seems to make no sense.

[2011-03-24 Madrid]

Rationale:

WG14 does not require these typedefs, and we see no reason to be gratuitously different.

Proposed resolution:

Add the following entries to table 143:

> Table 146 — `atomic` `<inttypes.h>` typedefs
> Atomic typedef | `<inttypes.h>` type
> --- | ---
> `...` | `...`
> `atomic_intmax_t` | `intmax_t`
> `atomic_uintmax_t` | `uintmax_t`
> `atomic_int8_t` // iff `int8_t` is provided | `int8_t`
> `atomic_uint8_t` // iff `uint8_t` is provided | `uint8_t`
> `atomic_int16_t` // iff `int16_t` is provided | `int16_t`
> `atomic_uint16_t` // iff `uint16_t` is provided | `uint16_t`
> `atomic_int32_t` // iff `int32_t` is provided | `int32_t`
> `atomic_uint32_t` // iff `uint32_t` is provided | `uint32_t`
> `atomic_int64_t` // iff `int64_t` is provided | `int64_t`
> `atomic_uint64_t` // iff `uint64_t` is provided | `uint64_t`