Re: [PATCH] remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Aug 06 2007 - 13:41:32 EST


Olaf Hering wrote:
>
> Remove the __STRICT_ANSI__ check from the __u64/__s64 declaration on
> 32bit targets.
>
> Here is the reason why we think the check should be relaxed:
>

I think the fact that "long long" was made official C in C99 is good
enough. Flagging them as __extension__ is okay, I guess, but something
like this should definitely go in.

-hpa
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