Thread: tupedef datatypes

Hi evereyone,

I've seen in many libraries to define new data types names. For example I was looking this

Code:

/** C99 standard */
    typedef int16_t            BSX_S16;  /**< signed short */
    typedef uint16_t          BSX_U16;  /**<unsigned short */
    typedef int32_t            BSX_S32;  /**<signed int */
    typedef uint32_t          BSX_U32;  /**<unsigned int */


    typedef int8_t              BSX_S8;  /**< signed char */
    typedef uint8_t             BSX_U8;  /**< unsigned char */
    typedef int64_t             BSX_S64; /**< signed long long */
    typedef uint64_t           BSX_U64; /**< unsigned long long*/
    typedef uint8_t             BSX_BIT; /**< unsigned char */
    typedef uint32_t           BSX_BOOL;/**<unsigned int */

What is the reason behind this? I mean, I know the purpose of typedef but I cannot see the reason of changing the name for example from int8_t to BSX_S8

Thanks in advance
Nick

Thanks Zeus_!!