为什么GLib重新定义类型？

Question

在GLib中重新定义类型背后的原因是什么？为什么他们将char转换为gchar，int转换为gint等？

Answer 1

Check out Basic Types in the GLib documentation. Essentially, it's to guarantee that certain types will exist with certain semantics, regardless of which C compiler or platform you're using. The types that C guarantees anyway are typedefed just to make all of the type names look uniform.