Re: [ft-devel] __STDC__ disables 64-bit long

[Alexei Podtelezhnikov]

> Under linux on x86_64, the long type is 8 bits. Why do we disable FT_LONG64?
>
>   /* A 64-bit data type will create compilation problems if you compile    */
>   /* in strict ANSI mode.  To avoid them, we disable its use if __STDC__   */
>   /* is defined.  You can however ignore this rule by defining the         */
>   /* FT_CONFIG_OPTION_FORCE_INT64 configuration macro.                     */
>
> What kind of compilation problem would the long type cause?

... not to mention that 'long long' is standard since C99. Which
compiler still has problems with that?