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Re: Changing WCHAR_TYPE from "long int" to "int"?
- To: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Subject: Re: Changing WCHAR_TYPE from "long int" to "int"?
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: 05 Aug 2001 19:06:14 +0200
- Cc: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, linux-mips at oss dot sgi dot com, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
- References: <20010805094806.A3146@lucon.org>
"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
| changed from "long int" to "int". The only thing I can think of is
| the C++ libraries. But gcc 3.x doesn't work on Linux/mips. The one
| I am working on will be the first gcc 3.x for Linux/mips. So there
| shouldn't be any problems. Am I right?
Normally, wchar_t is a keyword in C++ (as opposed to typedef in C).
So at first sight, I would think there should be no problem with
changing WCHAR_TYPE. But then, I may be missing some subtile ABI point.
-- Gaby