DMD and 64-bit

[Russel Winder]

On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 15:28 -0800, Walter Bright wrote:
> Russel Winder wrote:
> > Am I correct in assuming that DMD generates 32-bit by default and that
> > for 64-bit you have to give the -m64 option?
> > 
> > Is the eventual plan to use the natural word length of the platform as
> > the default, i.e. 32-bit on 32-bit and 64-bit on 64-bit, with the option
> > to force something different using the -m option à la GCC?
> 
> Yes, but not yet.

Cool, and understandable.  64-bit support needs to be shaken down more
and available on Windows as well as Linux, before any thought of having
a policy of generating for the platform.

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Russel.
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