Subject: Re: Types sizes in C
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 04/08/2006 10:44:42
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On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 01:36:05 -0400 (EDT)
der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> wrote:

> > Yes, and they're dead wrong. Code that assumes sizeof(long) =3D=3D
> > sizeof(int) is /not/ portable,
>=20
> "Portable" is not a boolean; it's not "it is portable or it isn't".
> Portability is a matter of degree.

Ok, make the statement above "portable across 32 and 64bit" - I thought
that was obvious enough.

have fun
Michael

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