Re: Q: void* vs. unsigned long
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
16 Feb 1999 05:44:30 GMT
Followup to: <36C900C8.EB3C534F@quark.vpplus.com>
By author: Brian Gerst <bgerst@quark.vpplus.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> 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.
>
That's bogus; most likely they have only worked on Micro$oft systems.
-hpa
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