don't assume pointer cast to unsigned long is a valid initializer

[Jason R Thorpe]

On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 04:32:47PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

 > It doesn't work with EABI, as Richard Sandiford pointed out,
 > confirming my recollection that it didn't really work on mips64-elf
 > except when sizeof(long)==sizeof(void*).  Since this patch introduces
 > a regression, I propose that we revert it according to the
 > patch-reversal rules, and on the grounds that it didn't follow the
 > rules for modifying testcases.

I've been watching this thread with some interest... mostly I'm curious
to know which mips ABI has the property of "sizeof(long) != sizeof(void*)".

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>