From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, 720@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com,
flitterio@gmail.com
Subject: bug#720: Patch to fix CVS Emacs compilation error on Windows XP SP2.
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:31:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv63q2cbys.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <umyjffix4.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:20:07 +0300")
>> > When building CVS Emacs on Windows XP SP2 using Visual Studio 6.0, the
>> > following patch is needed to prevent the compiler from displaying an
>> > error about unsigned __int64 not being convertable to double.
>> Wouldn't it be better to cast to (double) ?
> Wouldn't that be doing the same mistake? The compiler probably has a
> point: an unsigned 64-bit number has more bits than a simple double
> can handle.
Yes, it's a good reason for not doing the conversion automatically, but
IIUC we need a double, so we don't have much of a choice, and that's
what the cast to (double) would tell the compiler.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-15 19:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2008-08-14 16:57 ` bug#720: Patch to fix CVS Emacs compilation error on Windows XP SP2 Francis Litterio
2008-08-14 19:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-14 19:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-08-14 20:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-15 19:31 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.16704.1218743250.18990.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-14 20:15 ` Francis Litterio
2008-08-15 8:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-15 9:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-15 14:58 ` Fran Litterio
2008-08-15 16:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-15 19:34 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.16768.1218790062.18990.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-15 13:22 ` Francis Litterio
2008-08-15 16:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-15 17:11 ` Fran Litterio
2008-08-15 17:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-15 17:45 ` bug#720: marked as done (Patch to fix CVS Emacs compilation error on Windows XP SP2.) Emacs bug Tracking System
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