Do the internal library assembly functions work with 64 bit inputs, or do they rely on extending 32 bit inputs?
On 25 October 2011 10:43, Cactus <rieman...@gmail.com> wrote: > The issue of 32/64-bit integers on Windows comes up regularly and, after the > recent discussion, I have been wondering if there is a > relatively easy implementation strategy. > Since we already know from 64-bit Unix/Linux distributions that the existing > *_ui and *_si functions work when signed and unsigned integers are 64 bit > long, could we not: > (a) define two _new_ integer types for signed and unsigned integers > (b) use these for _both_ the interfaces and internally in all *_ui and *_si > functions > (c) normally define these types as signed and unsigned integers > (d) but allow alternative definitions, for example, using 64-bit types on > Windows x64 > We would need to check out all the ui/si function code for oddball cases but > my guess is that a lot of it would work without changes. > This would not only cover the Windows problem but would also allow these > defines to be set to intmax_t and uintmax_t where this was advantageous. > It would also avoid a lot of new code where, for example, we duplicate all > existing ui/si functions but with 64-bit integers (which seems to me very > messy since we end up with a lot more code to test and maintain) > Would this work? Would there be unintended consequences? > If it's a stupid idea just say so! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mpir-devel" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mpir-devel/-/MCgGFdS3qAsJ. > To post to this group, send email to mpir-devel@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to mpir-devel@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en.
