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Re: CVS-19981209: Patch for "unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT" on Solaris2.6
- To: Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun dot com>
- Subject: Re: CVS-19981209: Patch for "unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT" on Solaris2.6
- From: Stephen L Moshier <moshier at mediaone dot net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:59:45 -0500 (EST)
- cc: law at cygnus dot com, manfred at s-direktnet dot de, Manfred dot Hollstein at ks dot sel dot alcatel dot de, brolley at cygnus dot com, egcs-patches at cygnus dot com, gcc2 at gnu dot org
- Reply-To: moshier at mediaone dot net
On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Paul Eggert wrote:
> intmax_t is defined by draft C9x, and I think GCC should use intmax_t
> on hosts where it is available, since (in the long run) it will save
> us work to use the draft C9x wide int facilities, if available,
> instead of continuing to configure them separately for each host.
Will anyone now alive live so long?
GCC surely cannot assume any modern features are available on the
host computer.