Re: Making --with-wide-int the default

[Paul Eggert]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> To make it the default for all 32-bit builds, we should make sure it
> works well on the other supported platforms.  Perhaps Paul could tell
> which platforms he found this to work on, and then we could decide.

--with-wide-int is not the default because Stefan was worried about its 
performance implications on older, slower 32-bit machines (such as Stefan's 
and/or RMS's laptops at the time, if I recall correctly). There shouldn't be any 
correctness problem with it; it's a performance issue.

I typically use 64-bit platforms nowadays, where the issue is moot. When I do 
use 32-bit platforms, I normally configure --with-wide-int. There is roughly a 
30% CPU hit and maybe a 60% hit on virtual memory, but it's worth it to me (I 
normally don't notice the difference).