It doesn't mess with a core language feature to alias 'u8' to 'uint8_t'. It's a reasonable use for the name and one used in other languages (e.g., Rust). Ther

It doesn't mess with a core language feature to alias 'u8' to 'uint8_t'. It's a reasonable use for the name and one used in other languages (e.g., Rust). There's nothing in the C standard that defines or uses the 'u8' name.