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Re: [cdt-core-dev] Re: [cdt-dev] Proposed modifications to CDT for 64-bit support
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> Hi,
>
> My comments are marked with two stars **.
>
> P.S. What is the proper mailing list to continue our discussion? Initial
> mail was sent to three of them but I think we can use only one now. What
> about cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx?
>
cdt-core-dev
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> cdt-core-home/docs
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> Some initial reactions:
>
> - CDT assumes that long is 32bit length however it is 64 bit
> length on Linux 64bit platforms and 32 bit length on Windows
> 64bit platform
>
> * Is not "long" define to be 32 bits in ANSI C ? or did you mean "int"
> ** As far as I know ANSI C/C++ defines these types as follows
> sizeof(char)<=3Dsizeof(short)<=3Dsizeof(int)<=3Dsizeof(long)<=3Dsizeof(lo=
> ng
> long). So its up to the system define the size of the long and the fact
> is on 64-bit systems it is 32-bit on windows and 64-bit on linux. The
> rest of primitive types are identical.
>
Yes, you are right. I've been using sizeof(long) == 32 for so long
that it was taken for granted.
[.. good explanations deleted ..]
To get this going I would recommand to make PR for each component
and patches separately. This will allow better review and faster acceptance
then a Jumbo patch. Do the debug last ... We are working on a proposal
to change the CDI interface, this interface was lacking in some aspects.
