On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 02:30:11PM +0200, Dag Arne Osvik wrote:
> Yes, but wouldn't it be much better to avoid code like the following,
> which may also be wrong (in terms of speed)?
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT // or maybe CONFIG_X86_64?
> #define fast_u32 u64
> #else
> #define fast_u32 u32
> #endif
... and with such name 99% will assume (at least at the first reading)
that it _is_ 32bits. We have more than enough portability bugs as it
is, no need to invite more by bad names.
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