Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specific-sized integers

Al Viro
2008-03-03T06:21:09Z

On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:43:22PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >>+#define S64_C(x) x ## LL
> >>+#define U64_C(x) x ## ULL
> >
> >but can't we use the latter for all arches?
> >
>
> You really don't want to, as the whole point is that you want it to
> match what u64/s64 is defined as, in order to avoid spurious warnings.

Excuse me, in which contexts? Where does replacement of explicitly long
constant with explicitly long long one generate warnings on a host that has
range(long) equal to range(long long)?