-typedef boost::uint8_t u_int8_t;
-typedef boost::uint16_t u_int16_t;
-typedef boost::uint32_t u_int32_t;
-typedef boost::uint64_t u_int64_t;
-typedef boost::int8_t int8_t;
-typedef boost::int16_t int16_t;
-typedef boost::int32_t int32_t;
-typedef boost::int64_t int64_t;
+// should not be necessary on GCC, #ifdef + #include <stdint.h> should do the job; still required on MS VC++9, though.
+using boost::int8_t;
+using boost::uint8_t;
+using boost::int16_t;
+using boost::uint16_t;
+using boost::int32_t;
+using boost::uint32_t;
+using boost::int64_t;
+using boost::uint64_t;