[cffi-devel] Re: LispWorks 5.0/5.1 and LONG-LONG support

[Chun Tian (binghe)]

http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/lw51/RNIG/html/readme-339.htm#pgfId-923005

> Hi, dear CFFI Developers
>
> Since LispWorks 5.1 has been released yesterday, I can start to talk  
> about it.
>
> * :long-long and :unsigned-long-long support
>
> LispWorks 5.0 64-bit can already support :long-long and :unsigned- 
> long-long, but the FLI:FOREIGN-TYPED-AREF function cannot support  
> them, and,
>
> LispWorks 5.1 64-bit has fixed this, now FLI:FOREIGN-TYPED-AREF can  
> support 64-bit integers.
>
> * LispWorks *features*
>
> Though LispWorks cannot use a >=version like compile feature like  
> those in Allegro, but since LW is very stable and its version grows  
> very slowly (0.1/year ^_^), I think we can use #+(and  
> lispworks-64bit (not lispworks5.0)) to mean "LispWorks 64-bit  
> version >= 5.1"
>
> I attach a simple patch, which opens the 64-bit integer support on  
> LW 5.0 & 5.1 (64-bit). Hope it can be reviewed and merged into CFFI  
> trunk. I'll always need these changes to compile & load IOLIB  
> project on 64-bit LispWorks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chun Tian (binghe)
>
> <lw64.diff>
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