Re: [AD] PATCH: updated mprotect patch for allegro-4.2.1 which also work on Linux

[Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Jr Ohannessian wrote:
> Hans de Goede wrote:
> > What the !@#$% MS idiots what were they thinking everyone uses long == 
> > 64 bits on 64 bit archs, so hey lets be microsoft lets do it different.
>
> Technically, Microsoft's implementation is full C standard compliant. 
> All you know about 'long' is that:
>
> 1) sizeof(long long) >= sizeof(long) >= sizeof(int)
> 2) LONG_MIN -2147483647 // -(^231 - 1)  (maximum value)
>    LONG_MAX +2147483647 // 2^31 - 1     (minimum value)
>
> Any other assumptions you make is at your own risk. C does not even 
> guarentee 2's complement representation.

Normal conventions say that sizeof(long) is the largest integer an arch 
can represent unless sizeof(int) is larger then that in which case 
sizeof(long) == sizeof(int)

> See the C standard, second 5.2.4.2.1, 6.2.5 and 6.3.1.1.
>
>
> 'long long' is the only C basic type that requires at least 64-bit of 
> storage (but not strictly so).

long long is not a C basis type.

Regards,

Hans