[Gnu-arch-users] Re: posible issue on ia64 with va_args.

[Miles Bader]

Jan Hudec <address@hidden> writes:
> IIRC it's only specified, that any type shorter than integer will be
> promoted to size of integer. And NO relation between sizeof(int),
> sizeof(long) and sizeof(void *) is claimed by specification whatsoever!
> 
> It is known to hold on all widely used platforms that sizeof(int) <=
> sizeof(void *) <= sizeof(long), but no stricter relation holds.

Even when that relation holds, this particular case can screw you; for
it to `work', you need sizeof (int) == sizeof (whatever_ptr).

-Miles
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