GCC build failed with your patch on 2001-01-09T11:35:00Z.

[Mark Mitchell]

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> writes:

    >>  Because some targets are runtime selectable between 32-bits
    >> and 64-bits, this is not limited to targets of a particular
    >> width or cross-compilers.  Targetting a different width is a
    >> subset of a cross-compiler.  The hwint.h decision depends upon
    >> MAX_LONG_TYPE_SIZE which is the maximum of the runtime
    >> selectable values.

    Richard> The class of targets for which I consider the patch to be
    Richard> incorrect are 32-bit natives for which there is a runtime
    Richard> selectable 64-bit variant -- PA, MIPS, and PowerPC.

Why is the patch incorrect for these targets?  Isn't bitsizetype still
128 bits wide here?

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