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Re: [Gcl-devel] intptr_t
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Gabriel Dos Reis |
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Re: [Gcl-devel] intptr_t |
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Wed, 5 Jun 2013 20:42:27 -0500 |
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Camm Maguire <address@hidden> wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> 2.6.8 and below, fixnum == (signed-byte 32), so on 64bit machines,
> intptr_t will be (unsigned-byte 64), and a bignum.
OK, thanks. when writing FFI code, e.g. with defentry, what type
should I use for intptr_t? Just intptr_t?
>
> 2.6.9 and higher, intptr_t will be fixnum, i.e. a machine long, on all
> platforms.
OK.
> Of the patches I mentioned earlier for 2.6.9, 64bit fixnums is the
> simplest. If there was great interest I could consider this in 2.6.8,
> but I'd prefer not to.
I can wait, as long as I know what to write in defentries :-)
Thanks!
-- Gaby
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