c to d: types + struct/union alignment

[Michael P.]

BCS Wrote:

> Hello Michael P.,
> 
> > I'm converting some C headers into D, and had some questions.
> > 1. What is the equivalent of a 'short int' in D?
> > e.g:
> > struct ScePspSRect {
> > short int 	x;
> > short int 	y;
> > short int 	w;
> > short int 	h;
> > }
> 
> short
> 
> > 3.
> > typedef	uint8_t				u8;
> > typedef uint16_t			u16;
> > typedef uint32_t			u32;
> > typedef uint64_t			u64;
> > typedef int8_t				s8;
> > typedef int16_t				s16;
> > typedef int32_t				s32;
> > typedef int64_t				s64;
> > Would it be okay to be make/alias all of the uintxx_t to 'uint' and
> > all of the intxx_t to 'int'?
> 
> no, uint16_t is (I assume) 16 bits long and uint32_t is 32 bits long. if 
> you get them mixed up (as the aliasing you proposed would do) you will get 
> problems passing struct to non-D code.
> 
> 

Okay. I'll look at where they came from and see what they are defined as. They come from a file called stdint.h.
Also, would short unsigned int be a 'ushort' then?