Re: Moving from C++ to VC++

Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP] <cpdaniel_remove_this_and_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...]
> The fact is, very few applications will ever need to use a 64-bit integer
> type, even fewer will need a 128-bit integer. Breaking compatibility with
> untold scores of current programs to favor those very few future programs
> that need the larger type just doesn't make sense. Those few programs that
> do need that large integer size can simply use __int64 (or int_t<64>, or
> whatever other new integer types we may see in C++ in the future).
>
> The legitimate, common uses I can see for a 64 bit integer type involve
> representation of values of or differences between 64 bit pointers, and we
> have size_t and prtdiff_t for that (and yes, they're both 64 bits on 64 bit
> Windows).

One would assume (that is, I would anyway) the
native integer size on a 64bit platform to be
64bit. AFAIK, according to the C/C++ standards,
even 'int' should be 64bit then. I agree that
the usefulness of this is at least debatable.
(Even though I would prefer 'int' to be the
native integer type of the platform. If you need
less than that, use 'short' or 'int32_t' or
whatever.)
But I really don't see any excuse for not making
'long' 64bit on a 64bit platform.

> -cd

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