PATCH: Move sysdeps/x86_64/Implies to sysdeps/x86_64/64

Paul Eggert eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Sat Apr 7 18:54:00 GMT 2012


On 04/07/2012 08:19 AM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> (We also need a clear statement of what the __WORDSIZE define from 
> bits/wordsize.h means.  Given the uses in stdint.h, and existing practice 
> for MIPS for example, I think it's "long is 64-bit".)

In that case shouldn't it be called __LONGSIZE?

>From the comments in bits/types.h, __WORDSIZE is intended to be the
size of the "natural word", a slippery concept.  It may be time to
bite the bullet, and to rename __WORDSIZE to __LONGSIZE so that its
meaning is clear, and to substitute something else in any place
where the code is dealing with something other than 'long'.



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