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Re: GCC 4.1 now the default GCC version for etch



Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:

> Falk Hueffner <falk@debian.org> writes:
>> On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 02:17:23AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>>> Falk Hueffner <falk@debian.org> writes:
>>> > So in summary, if you don't care about portability to 64-bit windows,
>>> > assuming sizeof(void*) == sizeof(long) is just fine.
>>> 
>>> Unless you compile with range checking pointers.
>>
>> The current implementation of range checking in gcc (mudflap) uses
>> normal-sized pointers.
>
> Even in 32bit? How do they cram all that info in there?

By using an object database lookup. See
http://gcc.fyxm.net/summit/2003/mudflap.pdf

-- 
	Falk



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