Error on AvoidingLinuxisms wiki page?

[caesius]

Someone has just pointed out that the statement on the FreeBSD wiki page:

Do not #include <stdint.h> if inttypes.h is sufficient. This will assure that your software builds on older versions of FreeBSD.

is possible erroneous as inttypes.h includes stdint.h.

inttypes.h:

#ifndef _INTTYPES_H_
#define _INTTYPES_H_

#include <machine/_inttypes.h>
#include <sys/stdint.h> 
[.. snipped ..]

Can anyone shed some light on this matter?

 

[fonz]

Have you checked what those files looked like in older FreeBSD versions?

Fonz

 

[caesius]

I suspected as much. Thanks.