'uint32_t' does not name a type

Question

I\'m trying to compile a C++ software package that was written in 2007 and I\'m getting this error:

error: ‘uint32_t’ does not name a type

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Answer 1

You need to #include , but that may not always work.

The problem is that some compiler often automatically export names defined in various headers or provided types before such standards were in place.

Now, I said "may not always work." That's because the cstdint header is part of the C++11 standard and is not always available on current C++ compilers (but often is). The stdint.h header is the C equivalent and is part of C99.

For best portability, I'd recommend using Boost's boost/cstdint.hpp header, if you're willing to use boost. Otherwise, you'll probably be able to get away with #include'ing .