Re: Q: void* vs. unsigned long

Brian Gerst (bgerst@quark.vpplus.com)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:23:20 -0500

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Actually, it will. sizeof(unsigned long) == sizeof(void *) == 8 on
> 64-bit architectures.

I thought it was int that changed with the word size of the
architecture, not long. Most C books I've seen said long is always 32
bits regardless of the word size. Regardless, if the value represents a
pointer, then it should be declared as such - for the sake of clarity if
nothing else.

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				Brian Gerst


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