Re: [Mingw-users] _WIN32 defined [WAS: long long int printf query]

[Brian D. <br...@de...>]

Earnie Boyd wrote:

> It just means that _WIN32 can be used in _WIN64.  There will be items
> that will only be _WIN64.  You you stray from the original question;
> should these be defined in windef.h?  I think the compiler specs should
> be the official place of definition for these and they should be
> removed from windef.h regardless of the canonical MS definition.

In principle I agree that they should be defined by the compiler specs
and not by the w32api headers.  But I wonder if changing them now is
really a good idea.  They've been defined there for countless years and
it seems like a fundamental thing to change now.  I just wonder how many
random configure checks or portability macros might be affected.  On the
other hand, I have no evidence on which to base this conjecture so it
may well be totally benign.

Brian