Saagar Jha (@saagar@saagarjha.com)

Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

04/25/2023 (replying to Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many))

…I said “this doesn’t matter for C code”, but the way I tested this was with the _Generic macro (https://godbolt.org/z/v3c4n56jj), which is a C feature. also, you might be using really anal compiler flags…

Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

04/26/2023 (replying to Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many))

ok are you ready for this? my hottest c take

int should be 64-bit on 64-bit platforms

Saagar Jha

04/26/2023 (replying to Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many))

@hikari If you use Swift you can enjoy its ILP64 goodness

Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

04/26/2023 (replying to Saagar Jha)

@saagar this is because of NSInteger isn't it? Objective-C is the only good C

Saagar Jha

04/27/2023 (replying to Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many))

@hikari Maybe, but also that ILP64 is typically advantageous for compiler optimizations