Re: __UINT_LEAST8_MAX__ and HP-UX 11.23/IA

Hi Paul, hi Albert,

> Le 21 janv. 2021 à 03:52, Paul Eggert <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> [Resending as the first message had the incorrect "bus-bison" as the return address.]
> 
> On 1/20/21 3:50 PM, Albert Chin wrote:
> 
>>> Unfortunately, on HP-UX 11.23/IA, UINT_LEAST8_MAX evaluates to
>>> ((unsigned char)(255)) causing a problem with:
>>>   #elif (!defined __UINT_LEAST8_MAX__ && defined YY_STDINT_H \
>>>          && UINT_LEAST8_MAX <= INT_MAX)
>> This is also an issue for UINT_LEAST16_MAX.
> That is a known bug in HP-UX 11.23 that Gnulib has had a workaround for since 2009.

Wow :(  This is really bad...

> I suppose Bison cannot assume that Gnulib is in use, unfortunately.

:)

> Does the attached Bison patch fix the problem for you?
> <0001-c-port-to-HP-UX-11.23.patch>

> Le 21 janv. 2021 à 19:09, Albert Chin <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> Yes, it would fix it. We're currently doing something like the
> attached.

Ok, I will read this "Yes, it would fix it" as "Yes, it does fix it".
I'll install the patch (if Paul didn't) and will release a bug fix
asap.  Does that sound good for you?