DNA: disable 'int8_t' since it's not properly supported

Currently negative values from this type will be changed if the
int8_t changes to a int16_t for e.g.

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/makesdna/intern/dna_utils.c b/source/blender/makesdna/intern/dna_utils.c
index 97f4785374a..3cf5c52a4c6 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesdna/intern/dna_utils.c
+++ b/source/blender/makesdna/intern/dna_utils.c
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ void DNA_alias_maps(enum eDNA_RenameDir version_dir, GHash **r_struct_map, GHash
 
     if (version_dir == DNA_RENAME_STATIC_FROM_ALIAS) {
       const char *renames[][2] = {
-          {"int8_t", "char"}, /* Note that a char is always unsigned in Blender. */
+          /* Disable 'int8_t' until we support 'signed char', since changing negative
+           * values to a different type isn't supported and will change the value. */
+          /* {"int8_t", "char"}, */
           {"uint8_t", "uchar"},
           {"int16_t", "short"},
           {"uint16_t", "ushort"},
diff --git a/source/blender/makesdna/intern/makesdna.c b/source/blender/makesdna/intern/makesdna.c
index 182296c0ba2..48258f39604 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesdna/intern/makesdna.c
+++ b/source/blender/makesdna/intern/makesdna.c
@@ -1530,12 +1530,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 #endif /* if 0 */
 
-/* even though DNA supports, 'long' shouldn't be used since it can be either 32 or 64bit,
- * use int or int64_t instead.
+/**
+ * Disable types:
+ *
+ * - 'long': even though DNA supports, 'long' shouldn't be used since it can be either 32 or 64bit,
+ *   use int, int32_t or int64_t instead.
+ * - 'int8_t': as DNA doesn't yet support 'signed char' types,
+ *   all char types are assumed to be unsigned.
+ *   We should be able to support this, it's just not something which has been added yet.
+ *
  * Only valid use would be as a runtime variable if an API expected a long,
- * but so far we dont have this happening. */
+ * but so far we don't have this happening.
+ */
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #  pragma GCC poison long
+#  pragma GCC poison int8_t
 #endif
 
 #include "DNA_ID.h"