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Re: PATCH: Check __ILP32__ instead of __LP64__
On Saturday, April 14, 2012 20:43:59 Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 04/14/2012 10:58 AM, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > We require that glibc is compiled by GCC, so what other compiler do
> > you have in mind
>
> I think H.J. is worried about the case where the code is
> in user-visible headers, so compilers other than GCC
> can be involved; see:
But his patch was for the glibc test suite...
> http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-04/msg00486.html
>
> We have to solve that case anyway, and
> H.J. is modifying the x32 specification so that compilers
> for x32 must #define __ILP32__. Since that change is
> being made anyway, Roland thought it was more consistent for
> the glibc code to use __ILP32__ consistently in place of
> !__LP64__; see:
>
> http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-04/msg00488.html
Ok, now understood.
> > we can also add __LP64__ to the psABI of x86-64,
>
> That might also be a good idea, for sanity's sake. However,
> that will require that all x86-64 compilers change, no? Even
> those that merely read glibc headers to compile user code.
> So it will take longer to percolate through the ecosystem
> than the x32 change will, as x32 is still being developed.
GCC has __LP64__ since the beginning of x86-64 support AFAIR,
Andreas
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