Re: [ft-devel] __STDC__ disables 64-bit long

[Alexei Podtelezhnikov]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Under linux on x86_64, the long type is 8 bits. Why do we disable
>> FT_LONG64?
>>
>>   /* A 64-bit data type will create compilation problems if you compile    */
>>   /* in strict ANSI mode.  To avoid them, we disable its use if __STDC__   */
>>   /* is defined.  You can however ignore this rule by defining the         */
>>   /* FT_CONFIG_OPTION_FORCE_INT64 configuration macro.                     */
>>
>> What kind of compilation problem would the long type cause?
>
> `long long' is simply not ANSI.
>

Even if you are serious, 'long' is 8 bits under both linux and OS X on
64-bit platforms. It is nuts to beg for it with
FT_CONFIG_OPTION_FORCE_INT64 these days. It should be quite the
opposite. People should ask to disable it if they are stuck in the
last century without 'long long' support.