Re: [Cvs-dev] Re: Build CVS (TRUNK) failed messages

[Jim Hyslop]

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I wrote:
> strtol.c has this snippet of code:
> 
> #ifdef QUAD
> # define LONG long long
> 
> MSVC6 (which predates C99 by a long shot) doesn't understand "long
> long". Is it OK to change "long long" to "int64_t" in the GNULIB files?

Answering the first question myself here: actually, it's more
complicated than that.

The problem boils down to this sequence of statements:

#define INT unsigned LONG int
#define LONG long long

INT
INTERNAL (strtol) (const STRING_TYPE *nptr, STRING_TYPE **endptr,
                   int base, int group LOCALE_PARAM_PROTO)

INT ends up defined as "unsigned long long int", so I can't just change
"long long" to "int_64" or I end up with "unsigned int_64 int" which
makes the compiler barf.

Any thoughts on how to approach this?

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