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Re: PATCH: Replace long with long long in sysdeps/x86_64/dl-tls.h
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:55:46 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Replace long with long long in sysdeps/x86_64/dl-tls.h
- References: <20120320003556.GA26947@intel.com>
That is probably fine. But it really seems to me that we should not be
using vague types like "long" and "long long", when we mean very specific
things. It's better to use uint64_t or uintptr_t, etc., as appropriate to
what exactly it is you mean in a particular use.
Thanks,
Roland