Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> On Sunday 06 July 2003 14:23, Philippe Elie wrote:
> > alpha user space .h define uint64_t as unsigned long,
> > include/asm-alpha/types.h defines it as unsigned long long.
>
> Why is that? Isn't uint64_t supposed to be _always_ a 64bit
> unsigned integer? Either the kernel or the user space might
> be doing the wrong thing...
uint64_t is always a 64-bit type, and in the case given the compiler
emits a warning but the code runs ok.
The problem is that "64-bit long" and "64-bit long long" are different
types with the same representation. Which means they are mostly
interchangeable, with occasional C weirdness.
-- Jamie
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