Re: [gnugo-devel] 3.0 portability problem

[Teun Burgers]

Gunnar Farneback wrote:
> 
> Teun wrote:
> > we could also test for SIZEOF_INT > 4
> > SIZEOF_INT is already set by configure in config.h.
> 
> This is exactly why I wrote
> 
> > This can be solved either by including config.h in random.c or by
> > applying the following patch, which I think is a better solution.

Oops! Missed those two lines. Sorry.

> The reason why this is to prefer is that a random number
> generator is completely standalone and potentially useful for other
> projects, so the fewer dependencies it has, the better.

perfect.

btw, in hash.h and hash.c something similar is done:

#define POINTSPERCOMPACT    ((int) sizeof(Compacttype) * 4)

Teun