From: "Martin v. Loewis" <martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de>
To: doug@seaspace.com
Cc: robertlipe@usa.net, greened@eecs.umich.edu, egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: egcs and bitfields
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:46:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199903122118.WAA00520@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990331234600.hrmb5J7AFHbDgCQIbhZ-hMDReW9MH2anSoq4GD6Vb_k@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199903121741.JAA24401@vortex.seaspace.com>
> I am assuming egcs uses the ABI's definition of whether a bitfield is
> signed or unsigned????
No.
> So, does egcs use the same implementation across all platforms?
Yes. Please the the 'Non-bugs section' in the GCC manual for a
rationale. The idea is exactly that: Work the same on all platforms,
no matter what the ABI says. It's a language issue, not one of binary
compatibility.
Regards,
Martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-03-31 23:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-03-11 14:33 David A. Greene
[not found] ` < 36E844B2.8DAEFAAF@eecs.umich.edu >
1999-03-11 15:14 ` Martin v. Loewis
[not found] ` < 199903112300.AAA19947@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de >
1999-03-11 15:41 ` Robert Lipe
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Robert Lipe
1999-03-12 7:16 ` David A. Greene
[not found] ` < 36E92F61.5951621@eecs.umich.edu >
1999-03-12 8:48 ` Robert Lipe
[not found] ` < 19990312104540.D1570@rjlhome.sco.com >
1999-03-12 9:41 ` Doug Semler
[not found] ` < 199903121741.JAA24401@vortex.seaspace.com >
1999-03-12 9:59 ` Robert Lipe
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Robert Lipe
1999-03-12 13:26 ` Martin v. Loewis [this message]
[not found] ` < 199903122118.WAA00520@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de >
1999-03-12 13:52 ` Doug Semler
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Doug Semler
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Martin v. Loewis
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Doug Semler
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Robert Lipe
1999-03-12 9:27 ` Martin v. Loewis
1999-03-12 10:47 ` David A. Greene
1999-03-31 23:46 ` David A. Greene
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Martin v. Loewis
1999-03-31 23:46 ` David A. Greene
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Martin v. Loewis
1999-03-31 23:46 ` David A. Greene
1999-03-12 7:20 David A. Greene
1999-03-31 23:46 ` David A. Greene
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