Re: [Chicken-users] Basic FFI Principle in Chicken

[John Cowan]

Kristian Lein-Mathisen scripsit:

> Because size of an "int" can generally be either 32 or 64-bit depending
> on your architecture, the srfi-4 vectors are possible better suited
> for floats and doubles where the sizes are all set. It's worth knowing
> about them though.

Actually, there are essentially no architectures on which "int" is
anything but 32 bits: unless you have an ancient Cray running Unicos
(modern ones run Linux), a (now-defunct) HAL Systems port of Solaris,
or an IBM PC/AT, you don't have to worry about that.  What does vary is
"long", which is 32 bits on 32-bit systems and Win64, and 64 bits on
non-Windows 64-bit systems.

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