In article <20021103123502.X29066@dhcp7.wlan.shagadelic.org>,
Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> wrote:
>On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 09:20:25PM +0100, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
>
> > Would it be possible to make [u]intptr_t long for both LP64 and 32bit mode?
>
>It would be, but then I'd have to change the compiler.  The current
>defn works fine.

except that type inconsistencies like this make lint barf specially in
argument passing code, and you have to put explicit casts if you and it
to shut up. This is suboptimal because it hides bugs.

christos