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Re: DOS/Windows-specific code: values.c


> On May 8,  2:55pm, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> 
>> * values.c:unpack_double()
>> 
>> /* Unsigned -- be sure we compensate for signed LONGEST.  */
>> #if !defined (_MSC_VER) || (_MSC_VER > 900)
>> return (ULONGEST) unpack_long (type, valaddr);
>> #else
>> /* FIXME!!! msvc22 doesn't support unsigned __int64 -> double */
>> return (LONGEST) unpack_long (type, valaddr);
>> #endif /* _MSC_VER */
>> 
>> There's _got_ to be a better way to do this!
> 
> 
> Is this even an issue any longer?  I.e, is the version of MSC being
> catered to by the above ifdefs still in widespread use?

To follow up Chris's comment.  Yes, the code is dead but for a different 
reason.  This is probably yet another hang over from WinGDB.

	Andrew



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