Re: 128-bit uid_t

[Bruno Haible]

Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
> Did you know
> that recent mscv support a limited int128 (named __int128) under
> 64bits (limited because it does not support divide)? It is quite
> interesting in order to implement uid_t, gid because every user of a
> microsoft system is guranted to be mapped in a 128bit integer.

An interesting idea. Does gcc have 128-bit integers as well? (I wouldn't
like to have features in the msvc port that are not present in the mingw port.)

But MSVC 9 does not support it on x86: it gives an error C4235
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7e5yy2kb(v=vs.80).aspx>.

Bruno
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