Re: GLib and 64-bit Windows

[Jake Goulding <goulding vivisimo com>]

Morten Welinder wrote:
> ">=", I think, but yes.  You need to make sure configure defines gsize
> as unsigned
> long long, and gssize as long long.
Well, gsize is actually fine. There is a "native" size_t type that is 8 
bytes. long is the issue here, as it is only 4 bytes. long long is 8 
bytes, as you suggested.

> You might also want to check...
>
> * the ptrdiff_t type.  If it has a different size that size_t, there
> might be a bit of  fun hidden there too.
Thankfully, this is fine. sizeof(ptrdiff_t) == 8.

> * if NULL is an integer type.  No, really.  If it is defined as just
> "0" or "0L", you are in for a world of hurt. 
> It should be simplest to override the definition in that case.
I'm not even sure where or how I could check for this. Any clues?

Thanks for the tips!

-Jake