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>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Lance Taylor <ian@zembu.com> writes: Ian> Yuck. If we're going to touch this, can't we avoid Ian> sizeof(char*)? It prevents cross-configurations, and there is no Ian> particular reason to believe that it is correct on any given Ian> system. At the very least make it something which can be Ian> configured for a particular system, rather than trusting that the Ian> compiler and the C library agree on this size. I wasn't aware of these cross compiler issues hence the reason why I used the char * approach. How do you recommend we fix this then, sizeof(unsigned long), new data type, use the glibc provided headers if available? Jes
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