Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can you document this limitation in doc/headers/stdint.texi please?
> Possibly also in autoconf.texi section "Portable C and C++ Programming"?
I did the former by installing the following.
I'll look at the latter next.
2007-11-12 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Document 64-bit #if problems in stdint.texi.
* doc/headers/stdint.texi (stdint.h): Mention problems with
64-bit-#if, and how to work around them.
diff --git a/doc/headers/stdint.texi b/doc/headers/stdint.texi
index c5fd404..6466edc 100644
--- a/doc/headers/stdint.texi
+++ b/doc/headers/stdint.texi
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
types available on the system.
@item
Macros are used instead of typedefs.
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+Some C preprocessors mishandle constants that do not fit in @code{long int}.
+For example, as of 2007, Sun C mishandles @code{#if LLONG_MIN < 0} on
+a platform with 32-bit @code{long int} and 64-bit @code{long long int}.
+Some older preprocessors mishandle constants ending in @code{LL}.
+To work around these problems, compute the value of expressions like
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@end itemize
The stdint.h module uses @code{#include_next}. If you wish to install
