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[Bug libgcc/61546] MINGW : __int64 is #define'd as 'long long'
- From: "baskanov at gmail dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:58:11 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libgcc/61546] MINGW : __int64 is #define'd as 'long long'
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- References: <bug-61546-4 at http dot gcc dot gnu dot org/bugzilla/>
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61546
--- Comment #4 from Anton Baskanov <baskanov at gmail dot com> ---
(In reply to Ozkan Sezer from comment #3)
> (In reply to Anton Baskanov from comment #2)
> >
> > why libgcc uses #define for __int64 instead of typedef?
>
> MinGW and MinGW-w64 use #define instead of a typedef, because that allows
> for uses like 'signed __int64' and 'unsigned __int64', i.e. __int64 isn't
> native to gcc.
OK, got it. Thanks for the answer!