semi OT: 64-bit-clean code

[Roland Smith]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 01:51:40PM -0500, Robert Huff wrote:
> 
> 	Is there a good guide anywhere to writing 64-bit-clean code?
> Something that's thorough but understandable, possibly with examples
> of the trickier bits.

Do not assume that the size of a void* equals the size of an integer and
you're probably halfway there.

For the rest, searching for '64-bit-clean' will give you thousands of links.

Test your code on both a 64-bit and 32-bit machine. One of them can be a
virtual machine, of course.

Roland
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