Re: [TCLCORE] Tcl_WideInt and long long

[Jan N. <jan...@gm...>]

Op wo 16 apr 2025 om 21:59 schreef Donald G Porter:
> If it is true, what do people think about work for Tcl 9.1 to tear
> down constructions that suggest otherwise, like conditional compilation
> on the value TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE, etc. ?  What do people think about
> including that simplification work also in Tcl 9.0 patch releases?

You mean, something like this?
    <https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/info/tclwideint-is-longlong>

In my opinion, overriding it using TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE
(where sizeof(TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE) != sizeof(long long))
creates a binary incompatible version of Tcl. We should
not allow it. It is not even documented anywhere
(it shouldn't be!). That means, we can safely remove it.

Hope this helps,
       Jan Nijtmans