Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean

[Andreas Schwab]

Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> We know that today long is the only one that differs and that
>>> m68k has horrible natural alignment rules for historical reasons, but
>>> besides that it's pretty sane.
>>
>> Try determining the alignment of u64 on i386.  You will be surprised.
>
> If thats the case, then thats really scary :-(

That's how the ABI is defined.

Andreas.

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