On Linux the header file sys/types.h provides the fixed sized integer data types like these :
u_int8_t; u_int16_t; u_int32_t;
On windows the header file stdint.h provides similar ones but with slightly different names , uint8_t etc. So if you are writing cross platform code you can get the same ones on windows as in a manner shown below :
#if defined(_WIN32) #include <stdint.h> typedef uint8_t u_int8_t; typedef uint16_t u_int16_t; typedef uint32_t u_int32_t; #endif
Now you can use u_int8_t , u_int16_t , u_int32_t on windows as well.
