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I would like to know if Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 supports C99. If not, how can I use the standard types like intptr_t and uintptr_t?
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By default, Microsoft's Visual Studio C Compiler doesn't follow the C99 standard. If you're using Visual Studio, you can make the transition process to Unix for the Lab Assignments easier by performing the following steps.
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Support for C11 and C17 standards is available in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 and later.
Visual Studio 2010 does not support C99 syntax. stdint.h is a very common file in all C/C++ compilers, though, which does exist in a Visual C++ 10.0 installation, included with the Windows SDK (regardless of the version of Visual Studio that you use).
stdint.h can be found in:
This file does provide a typedef for intptr_t. Feel free to use it in any C or C++ project you like.
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As far as I can tell, Visual Studio 2010 does not support C99. To use types from stdint.h, you will have to use a typedef. A cross-platform way to do this would be:
#ifdef _WIN32
typedef signed short int16_t
#else
#include <stdint.h>
#endif
See also this this question: Visual Studio support for new C / C++ standards?
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