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Diffstat (limited to 'Porting/Glossary')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index 296bd24b5f..71d97f8ea9 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -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 |