[Dune] dune-grid-howto: compilation error in integration.cc

[Benedikt Oswald]

Hi Christian, yes, it is in /usr/include, cf. attached file.  
Greetings, Benedikt
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On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Christian Engwer wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:57:21AM +0200, Carsten Gräser wrote:
>> Am 30.03.2010 10:31, schrieb Christian Engwer:
>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:15:26AM +0200, Jö Fahlke wrote:
>>>> Am Tue, 30. Mar 2010, 09:16:43 +0200 schrieb Benedikt Oswald:
>>>>> /Users/oswald/svnwork/dune-trunk/dune-grid/dune/grid/yaspgrid.hh: 
>>>>> 8:18:
>>>>> error: cstdint: No such file or directory
>>>>
>>>> I think the problem is the #include <cstdint> instroduced in dune- 
>>>> grid r6545
>>>> by chriti.  I cannot find the header cstdint in the standard, so  
>>>> that commit
>>>> was probably wrong.  Christi, can you please have a look?
>>>
>>> OK, I checked... the include was necessary to use the uint8_t. Sadly
>>> this header is only part of C++0x. Can anybody tell me what is the
>>> correct way of using fixed bit-with integral types? Would the  
>>> stdint.h
>>> header (part of C99) be a viable solution?
>>>
>>> Opinions?
>> While <stdint.h> is only part of C99 but not of ISO C++ the
>> tr1 extension defines <stdint.h> and <cstdint>. The later
>> puts the types in the std:: namespace <stdint.h> provides them
>> in the global  namespace (like C99).
>>
>> If we want to realy on plain ISO C++ without extensions the
>> answer is simple: Don't use any of those headers or reimplement it.
>
> We have to find a way in the middle. Reimplementing everything doesn't
> seem a good solution. We had too much trouble already.
>
> If enough systems provide stdint.h, I'd suggest to just use it.
>
> Benedikt, is stdint.h available on the machine in question?
>
> Christian
>
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