On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 09:23:37PM +0100, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:

 > I noticed the other day that intptr_t is defined as 'int' for some
 > archs (sh3, arm, mips) and as 'long' elsewhere (i386, alpha). Is
 > there any reason to not use 'long' as intptr_t for ~everything ?
 > Well, with exception of special things like N32 for mips.

Changing types like this causes much pain -- because you have to update
the compiler, lint, etc.  It amounts to a "flag day", even though it
doesn't actually cause any compatibility problem at the ABI level (it's
a case where the API changes but the ABI remains the same).

Since there is no NEED to change these types, best just to leave these
alone.

BTW, intptr_t is 32-bit (int) on MIPS N32 ... but register_t is 64-bit
(long long).

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>