AC_DEFINE_INTEGER_BITS (TYPE [, CANDIDATE-TYPE]...)
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2002-01-31

Scott Pakin <pakin@uiuc.edu>

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Given a TYPE of the form "int##_t" or "uint##_t", see if the datatype TYPE is predefined. If not, then define TYPE -- both with AC_DEFINE and as a shell variable -- to the first datatype of exactly ## bits in a list of CANDIDATE-TYPEs. If none of the CANDIDATE-TYPEs contains exactly ## bits, then set the TYPE shell variable to "no".

For example, the following ensures that uint64_t is defined as a 64-bit datatype:

   AC_DEFINE_INTEGER_BITS(uint64_t, unsigned long long, unsigned __int64, long)
   if test "$uint64_t" = no; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to continue without a 64-bit datatype])
   fi

You should then put the following in your C code to ensure that all datatypes defined by AC_DEFINE_INTEGER_BITS are visible to your program:

   #include "config.h"

   #if HAVE_INTTYPES_H
   # include <inttypes.h>
   #else
   # if HAVE_STDINT_H
   #  include <stdint.h>
   # endif
   #endif

AC_DEFUN([AC_DEFINE_INTEGER_BITS],
[m4_define([ac_datatype_bits], [m4_translit($1, [a-zA-Z_])])
m4_define([ac_datatype_bytes], [m4_eval(ac_datatype_bits/8)])
AC_CHECK_TYPE($1, ,
 [
  AC_MSG_NOTICE([trying to find a suitable ]ac_datatype_bytes[-byte replacement for $1])
  $1=no
  find_$1 ()
  {
    _AC_DEFINE_INTEGER_BITS_HELPER($@)
    :
  }
  find_$1
  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED($1, $$1,
    [If not already defined, then define as a datatype of *exactly* ]ac_datatype_bits[ bits.])
 ])
])

dnl Iterate over arguments $2..$N, trying to find a good match for $1.
m4_define([_AC_DEFINE_INTEGER_BITS_HELPER],
[ifelse($2, , ,
 [m4_define([ac_datatype_bits], [m4_translit($1, [a-zA-Z_])])
  m4_define([ac_datatype_bytes], [m4_eval(ac_datatype_bits/8)])
  AC_CHECK_SIZEOF($2)
  if test "$AS_TR_SH(ac_cv_sizeof_$2)" -eq ac_datatype_bytes; then
    $1="$2"
    return
  fi
  _AC_DEFINE_INTEGER_BITS_HELPER($1, m4_shift(m4_shift($@)))
 ])
])