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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-02-26 02:48:23 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-02-26 02:48:23 +0000
commit10cc9d2a36974e2e1175dbda57d8d05e2b0ce49e (patch)
treee1e4f9735fc7ee12c9722ea1365f6d3d9155a383 /Porting/Glossary
parent6b49d2665cf5b4cee8758bc654f9290f3855049e (diff)
downloadperl-10cc9d2a36974e2e1175dbda57d8d05e2b0ce49e.tar.gz
Rename use64bits to use64bitint;
rename usefull64bits to use64bitall. p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5261
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@@ -3358,8 +3358,18 @@ use5005threads (usethreads.U):
and indicates that Perl should be built to use the 5.005-based
threading implementation.
-use64bits (use64bits.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BITS symbol,
+use64bitall (use64bits.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BIT_ALL symbol,
+ and indicates that 64-bit integer types should be used
+ when available. The maximal possible
+ 64-bitness is employed: LP64 or ILP64, meaning that you will
+ be able to use more than 2 gigabytes of memory. This mode is
+ even more binary incompatible than USE_64_BIT_INT. You may not
+ be able to run the resulting executable in a 32-bit CPU at all or
+ you may need at least to reboot your OS to 64-bit mode.
+
+use64bitint (use64bits.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BIT_INT symbol,
and indicates that 64-bit integer types should be used
when available. The minimal possible 64-bitness
is employed, just enough to get 64-bit integers into Perl.
@@ -3370,16 +3380,6 @@ usedl (dlsrc.U):
This variable indicates if the system supports dynamic
loading of some sort. See also dlsrc and dlobj.
-usefull64bits (use64bits.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the USE_FULL_64_BITS symbol,
- and indicates that 64-bit integer types should be used
- when available. The maximal possible
- 64-bitness is employed: LP64 or ILP64, meaning that you will
- be able to use more than 2 gigabytes of memory. This mode is
- even more binary incompatible than USE_64_BITS. You may not
- be able to run the resulting executable in a 32-bit CPU at all or
- you may need at least to reboot your OS to 64-bit mode.
-
useithreads (usethreads.U):
This variable conditionally defines the USE_ITHREADS symbol,
and indicates that Perl should be built to use the interpreter-based