[xproto: PATCH] Xmd.h: amd64-x32 ABI defines sizeof(long) == sizeof (void*) == 4

[Peter Harris]

On 2011-12-30 15:07, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:45:03 -0800
> Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
>> C code checking __amd64__ mostly does so to find out the size of long & 
>> pointers.  Instructions are usually at the assembly level, not the C code level.
> 
> It's a very generic tet. Such software is already broken for very popular MSVC
> compiler

No, since MSVC defines _M_X64 instead. It does not define __amd64__.

> (or mingw64-gcc).

(mingw64-gcc is arguably broken too).

FWIW, I agree with Alan. __amd64__ has had a very specific meaning for
almost a decade. Please don't try to change the meaning now.

Peter Harris
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