From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#722: More Visual Studio 6.0 compiler errors on Windows XP Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:02:20 +0300 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii , 722@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218821284 4080 80.91.229.12 (15 Aug 2008 17:28:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:28:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 722@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Fran Litterio Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 15 19:28:56 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KU36P-00072W-NW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:28:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45942 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KU35S-0006e8-Q3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:27:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KU35P-0006dh-Es for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:27:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KU35P-0006dP-0z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:27:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52690 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KU35O-0006dE-Ms for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:27:38 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:59695) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KU35N-0003Fw-OQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:27:38 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m7FHRPxl009305; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:27:26 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m7FHA6nx003587; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:10:06 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs , don@donarmstrong.com Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:10:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 722 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs,w32 X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 722-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B722.1218819755884 (code B ref 722); Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:10:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 722) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 15 Aug 2008 17:02:35 +0000 Original-Received: from mtaout6.012.net.il (mtaout6.012.net.il [84.95.2.16]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m7FH2VaS000878 for <722@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:02:32 -0700 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.211.50]) by i-mtaout6.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0K5N007Y3JCJR5A0@i-mtaout6.012.net.il> for 722@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:02:44 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:27:39 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:19469 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:39:27 -0400 > From: "Fran Litterio" > Cc: 722@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, schwab@suse.de, > bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, > don@donarmstrong.com > > > Emacs has always compiled using VC++ 6.0 in the past, so some change > > > must have introduced this problem. > > > > The problems in w32.c are due to a recent change I did to impement two > > new primitives, but the change in dired.c that made st_size be > > unsigned 64-bit type is fairly old. When did you last build the CVS > > code? > > > > Some timestamp sleuthing leads me to believe it was Jan 19th, 2008. In that case, it is quite probable that you didn't see those changes then. > > Also, a 64-bit integer (signed or unsigned) cannot safely be cast to > > > double without loss of data. > > > > Yes, when file sizes will start hitting 64-bits, we will start losing > > precision here. But I hope till then all compilers will have long > > double data type, and then this code could be fixed. > > > Good point! Maybe I should simply make st_size be a signed 64-bit type. Does anyone see any problems with that?