[Vala] Fwd: uchar and uint8. Same? Different?

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

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> From: pancake <pancake youterm com>
> Date: February 18, 2010 1:38:12 AM GMT+01:00
> To: Sandino Flores Moreno <tigrux gmail com>
> Subject: Re: [Vala] uchar and uint8. Same? Different?

> This vapi looks wrong. Didn't [] implies a _length variable with no  
> ccodes?
>
> Those two types are the same in practice but not in theory. A uint8  
> is 8 bit size for sure, but uchar do not specifies the size.
>
> This should depend on the C compiler and platform. I don't know any  
> that uchar is != 8, but this doesn't means they exist.
>
> On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Sandino Flores Moreno  
> <tigrux gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Hello.
> >
> > I noticed that gstreamer has this declaration:
> >
> > GstBuffer {
> > uint8 *data;
> > }
> >
> > However, the corresponding .vapi has
> > class Gst.buffer {
> > uchar[] data;
> > }
> >
> > I know uchar and uint8 are the same in C.
> > And, apparently for vala too.
> >
> > So, the question is:
> >
> > Can we assume uint8 is the same than uchar in vala?
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