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Re: 128-bit uid_t
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: 128-bit uid_t |
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Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:33:33 -0700 |
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On 09/11/11 08:14, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
> gcc has it : http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/_005f_005fint128.html
> (at least for 64bits)
I'd be leery of any attempt to define a system type wider than
intmax_t. Too many things will break. It might be OK to use
__int128 for specialized internal purposes (cryptography comes
to mind), but not for common external interfaces such as uid_t.
Re: msvc port: ensure pid_t is defined, Bruno Haible, 2011/09/20