https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43622

--- Comment #26 from John Maddock <john at johnmaddock dot co.uk> ---
(In reply to jos...@codesourcery.com from comment #25)
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014, john at johnmaddock dot co.uk wrote:
> 
> > While we're opening cans of worms.... intmax_t should clearly be __int128...
> > just saying!
> 
> Existing ABIs where intmax_t in libc is 64-bit are why __int128 is what I 
> call a sui generis extended type, not an integer type.

So it's an integer that's not an integer?  I'm sorry but that's just nonesense.
 Of course I realise that ABI issues may trump other concerns, but please call
a spade a spade!  In any case this is a glibc issue and we're off topic here...

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