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Re: PATCH: Auto detect HOST_64BIT_TYPE and HOST_U_64BIT_TYPE
"H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 10:19:07AM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> >
> > > There is no need to hard code HOST_64BIT_TYPE nor HOST_U_64BIT_TYPE. We
> > > can auto detect them. Here is the patch.
> >
> > I think we might as well eliminate host64 at the same time. It
> > doesn't add much, and will simplify configure.host even more. We can
> > set host64 if sizeof(long) == 8, if that seems helpful.
> >
>
> On some systems, long is 4 bytes and long long is 8 bytes. But long
> long is as fast as long.
Yes, I know. I agree that not setting host64 will change cross-tools
built on some systems. But what difference does it really make?
Ian