Re: yy_state_t

[Paul Eggert]

On 10/12/19 1:58 AM, Akim Demaille wrote:
> I was about to rename the types for states as
>
> yy_state_num -> yy_small_state_t
> int -> yy_state_t
>
> But the latter is seldom used, while the former appears many times, so I'd 
> prefer
>
> yy_state_num -> yy_state_t
> int -> yy_fast_state_t
>
> WDYT?

yy_state_num values are typically narrower than int, so following Leibniz's 
notational principle that notation should reflect reality, the former type name 
should be narrower than the latter, which means your preference is better.

You might consider spelling that last name "yy_state_fast_t" for consistency 
with stdint.h type names. Plus, whatever name is used, I suppose it should be 
typedeffed to int_fastN_t (if available) instead of to plain int.