[fpc-devel] intptr_t and Linux

[ik]

On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 19:40, Marco van de Voort <marcov at stack.nl> wrote:

> In our previous episode, ik said:
> > > > Linux.
> > >
> > > I guess this went to the wrong list. I can't find any intptr_t in e.g.
> the
> > > FreeBSD rtl.
> >
> > Right, my bad.
> >
> > ik at ik-office:~/projects/fpc/fpc/rtl$ grep -in intptr_t ./* -R | grep -v
> svn
> > ./netbsd/sysnr.inc:144:  { syscall: "sbrk" ret: "int" args: "intptr_t"  }
>
> (hasn't been updated in 8 years, that is dead code)
>
> netware and solaris remaining.
>
> > But why doesn't it included ?
> > It does exists on stdint.h and I can see that gcc C's preprocessor add it
> to
> > final result.
>
> We add identifiers on a need-based basis, we don't vacuum the headers to
> find as many identifiers as possible.
>
> And anyway, it is the c equivalent of ptrint which is a FPC system type.
>
> To further compilate it, the upcoming 64-bit Delphi iirc will also call the
> equivalent intptr.


> and ptrint, intptr and (c)intptr_t is a bit too much without very good
> reasons.
>
> So, what do you need it for, and why can't you use simply ptrint?
>

I bind C code, and looked for it.
And I used PtrInt instead but was interested in understanding the reason why
it's not there.



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