C++ and D bool compatibility

[Jeremy DeHaan]

On Friday, 3 May 2013 at 01:03:39 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> Jeremy DeHaan:
>
>> D bools are 1 byte, and C/C++ chars are 1 byte as well and it 
>> works.
>
> D bools are 1 byte, but C chars don't need to be 1 byte, so you 
> are working with an implementation detail.

Technically speaking, you are right. Generally speaking, it's 
probably going to be pretty rare for a compiler these days to 
define a char type as more the 8 bits so I figured I would be 
safe.

> I think in C99+ it's better to use uint8_t from stdint.h, 
> that's safely always 1 byte long.
>

I agree with you on this though, and it is definitely a better 
solution. Question though, is there any difference between uint_t 
and int8_t for this kind of purpose? They are the same size, but 
the former is just unsigned.