+2007-05-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Types): AC_TYPE_INT8_T does not
+ define HAVE_INT8_T, and likewise for similar macros.
+ Problem reported by Patrick Welche in
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2007-05/msg00062.html>.
+
2007-05-25 Noah Misch <noah@cs.caltech.edu>
* bin/Makefile.am ($(top_builddir)/bin/autom4te): New dependency.
@acindex{TYPE_INT8_T}
@cvindex HAVE_INT8_T
@cvindex int8_t
-If @file{stdint.h} or @file{inttypes.h} defines the type @code{int8_t},
-define @code{HAVE_INT8_T}. Otherwise, define @code{int8_t} to a signed
+If @file{stdint.h} or @file{inttypes.h} does not define the type
+@code{int8_t}, define @code{int8_t} to a signed
integer type that is exactly 8 bits wide and that uses two's complement
representation, if such a type exists.
@end defmac
@acindex{TYPE_UINT8_T}
@cvindex HAVE_UINT8_T
@cvindex uint8_t
-If @file{stdint.h} or @file{inttypes.h} defines the type @code{uint8_t},
-define @code{HAVE_UINT8_T}. Otherwise, define @code{uint8_t} to an
+If @file{stdint.h} or @file{inttypes.h} does not define the type
+@code{uint8_t}, define @code{uint8_t} to an
unsigned integer type that is exactly 8 bits wide, if such a type
exists.
@end defmac