makecontext and its arguments

[Andreas Jaeger]

Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:

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> Andreas Schwab wrote:
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>> IMHO this is a defect in the standard, because "integer" can mean
>> anything from char to long long and whatever extended integer type might
>> be defined.  It does not restrict the arguments to type "int".
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> I tend to agree.  We use long for that reason.  It's the most useful
> interpretation of "integer".

That interpretation of long causes problems for x86-64 since ints are
not sign extented when passed in varargs...

So, what can I do?

Andreas
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