On 2/22/2019 7:55 AM, songbird wrote:
eryk sun wrote:
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The win-amd64 ABI is significantly different, but at the API level
there isn't a drastic difference between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, so
there's no cognitive burden with perpetuating the Win32 name. The
official API name was actually changed to "Windows API" or WINAPI (or
WinAPI). But it would require a massive effort to change the culture.
There's no pressing need to expend that much time and energy over a
name.
just adding a comment to the documentation that
win32 also covers win64 would be a help IMO.
Could you open an issue on the tracker suggesting a specific edit at a
specific place?
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