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Re: sha512.c 32-bit warning

From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
Cc: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:05:49 -0700
Subject: Re: sha512.c 32-bit warning
References: <20120815203840.CE79E2C105@topped-with-meat.com> <502C0AE7.6020902@suse.com> <20120815210227.8E40A2C0CC@topped-with-meat.com>

On 08/15/2012 02:02 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
> This looks like it was written to support a size_t of larger than 64 bits,

Yes, that's what it's written for.  The generated code turns
into a no-op on typical 64-bit hosts, so it's more for
completeness documentation than for anything else.

References:
- sha512.c 32-bit warning
  - From: Roland McGrath
- Re: sha512.c 32-bit warning
  - From: Andreas Jaeger
- Re: sha512.c 32-bit warning
  - From: Roland McGrath

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