Re: Can we revert "avoid 64-bit intrinsics on 32-bit Windows"?

[Pádraig Brady]

On 06/01/15 17:07, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 01/06/2015 08:51 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> -# pragma intrinsic _BitReverse
>> -# pragma intrinsic _BitReverse64
>> +# pragma intrinsic _BitScanReverse
>> +# pragma intrinsic _BitScanReverse64
>>
> 
> Come to think of it, now that this typo is fixed, we should be able to 
> revert the "avoid 64-bit intrinsics on 32-bit Windows" patch, right?  
> That patch added complexity that I'd rather avoid.  I think the previous 
> diagnosis that the intrinsic is missing on 32-bit Windows is incorrect.
> 
> If we really need something like that patch, let's put it into the 
> "#elif _MSC_VER" section so that it's more easily separable from the 
> mainline code.  For now I reverted it by using the attached.

Absolutely revert it if it's not needed.
Though from a very quick search I thought the pragmas
only control optimization rather than availability.

Gisle, how does this this version work for you?
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/count-leading-zeros.h;h=5904eb7f

thanks,
Pádraig