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Re: altivec: fix macros

>>>>> "Aldy" == Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com> writes:

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> writes:
>> I know Altivec is already grossly in the user's namespace, but is it
>> really necessary to #define bool?  Could you at least get away with

> Ahh if I could only meet the person who came up with altivec
> specs... Bool, unfortunately, is required by the altivec specs.

bool is also required by the C++ standard, and the new ABI makes it the
same size as a char.  Clobbering the compiler's idea of the bool type
breaks ABI compatibility.  Please don't.

Jason
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