On Fre, 2008-06-13 at 14:17 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
> > Actually the size of ints (or any other type) can be easily deduced
> > without running a (for the target) compiled binary:
> > - compile the binary (for the target) with an initialized variable with
> > that value.
> > - use cross nm (or a similar tool) to read it from there.
>
> Or the method autoconf uses - binary search, using a compile-time
> numeric comparison which resolves to a successful or failed compile.
Good, I didn't know that.
> That seems more portable to me.
Yes, just using the compiler is better.
Bernd
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