[fpc-pascal] Platform Dependent Integer Types

[African Wild Dog]

2017-04-07 12:33 GMT-03:00 Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org>:

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> On Fri, 7 Apr 2017, African Wild Dog wrote:
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> 2017-04-07 12:10 GMT-03:00 Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org>:
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>>> NativeInt and NativeUInt are indeed provided for Delphi compatibility.
>>>
>>> Which integer type to chose : That depends. What do you want to achieve
>>> exactly ?
>>>
>>>
>>> In Delphi, if i want an integer type which depends on the target platform
>> (32 or 64 bits) i can use the NativeInt and NativeUInt types. What is the
>> FPC standard type for this? PrtInt and PtrUInt? (I usually mix both delphi
>> mode and objfpc mode units in the same project).
>>
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> You can use PrtInt and PtrUInt for this or NativeInt and NativeUINT, they
> should be equivalent.
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> The only 'dubious' case may be the 8086 msdos case, which is somewhat
> confused
> about what exactly constitutes a pointer... There you may be better off
> with NativeInt and NativeUINT.
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>
Thank you for the clarification.

Best regards
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