Re: Use of C99 int types

[Al Viro]

On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 02:30:11PM +0200, Dag Arne Osvik wrote:
> Yes, but wouldn't it be much better to avoid code like the following, 
> which may also be wrong (in terms of speed)?
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT  // or maybe CONFIG_X86_64?
>  #define fast_u32 u64
> #else
>  #define fast_u32 u32
> #endif

... and with such name 99% will assume (at least at the first reading)
that it _is_ 32bits.  We have more than enough portability bugs as it
is, no need to invite more by bad names.
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