From: David Daney <ddaney@avtrex.com>
To: tromey@redhat.com
Cc: GCJ-patches <java-patches@gcc.gnu.org>,
GCC Patches <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org>,
andreast@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] libffi testsuite: Correct some type specifiers.
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:18:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46B8A93D.1060405@avtrex.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3fy2vuwb9.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>
Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "David" == David Daney <ddaney@avtrex.com> writes:
>
> David> Whilst hacking things up to get MIPS64 working better in libffi, I
> David> came across several test cases where structure elements were declared
> David> as type 'int' but the libffi type specifier identified them as uint32.
>
> David> This patch corrects some (but probably not all) of these incongruities.
>
> I think a patch to fix a disparity like this would qualify as obvious.
>
> However... if the struct definition says 'int', and the test case is
> says ffi_type_sint32, then that seems like a bug in itself. There's
> no guarantee that int == 32 bits. Wouldn't it be more correct to use
> ffi_type_sint?
I thought of that after I sent the patch, and I agree. The problem is
pervasive in the testsuite. Patch withdrawn.
I will submit a revised patch soon.
David Daney
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-07 17:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-07 16:27 David Daney
2007-08-07 17:04 ` Tom Tromey
2007-08-07 17:18 ` David Daney [this message]
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