Re: [AD] WIP 4.1.15 and CVS freeze

[Chris <kcat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Evert Glebbeek wrote:
> It's been a while, but I think a DWORD in Windows is a signed 32-bit integer?

Actually, I believe it's unsigned. WORD is an unsigned short (16-bit) in 
Windows, so DWORD word be double-word, which would be unsigned int/long 
(32-bit).

> > Along that, we can athen lso get rid of all "long" values,
> > since that type makes little sense, given it is the same as int on most
> > 32-bit platforms (and probably 64-bit as well).
>
> Is this true of MSVC as well? For the 64 bit target, I think it makes int 32 bit
> and a long 64 bit.

I really think the only thing we can do for 64-bit platforms is post a 
big warning sign that Your Mileage May Vary, until we get something in 
place that we can be sure of the proper sizes of integer types. This is 
also the only way I can see resolving the long/int compatibility 
problems between Windows and GCC.

- Kitty Cat