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| From | Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.programming.threads, comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C |
| Date | 2022-03-03 15:14 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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Am 03.03.2022 um 15:09 schrieb Manfred:
> On 3/2/2022 8:19 PM, Bart wrote:
>> On 02/03/2022 18:06, rthiebaud wrote:
>>>>>>>> standard.
>>>>>>>>
>>>> * Whole-program compilers
>>>> * 64-bit everything (C is still stuck on 32-bits)
>>>> * Super-fast compilers ...
>>> Who says
>>> C is stuck is 32 bits?
>>
>> It just is. While versions with 64-bit ints might be knocking about,
>> generally they have to be compatible with what C already does on a
>> given platform. And that usually means int = 32 bits.
>>
>> So, while people can choose to use long long int or int64_t, they have
>> to explicity state that everywhere, because:
>>
>> 12345 is int32
>> 'A' is int32
>> short a,b,c;
>> a*b*c is int32 (so could overflow)
>> %d means int32 format
>> sprintf returns int32
>> f(){} defaults to int32 return type
>> int64_t a,b;
>> a && b is int32
>> !a is int32
>> enum E {a=5000000000};
>> enum E xx; is int32 (int64 on some compilers with extensions)
>>
>> etc
>
> Are you seriously suggesting that the default size of int should be 64
> bits everywhere?
> Even for a general purpose counter from 1 to 10?
Even if an int is only 32 bit that's too much. ^^
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Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-02-28 18:44 +0100
Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-02-28 19:26 -0600
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Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2022-03-01 11:34 +0000
Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-03-01 14:31 +0100
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Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-03-01 18:13 +0100
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Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-03-03 15:09 +0100
Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-03-03 15:14 +0100
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Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-03-02 19:18 +0100
Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-03-02 18:33 +0000
Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-03-02 19:39 +0100
Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-03-02 11:05 -0800
Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-03-03 12:25 -0800
Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-03-03 21:37 +0100
Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-03-03 12:59 -0800
Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-03-04 11:35 +0100
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