linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0607192003030.20069@shell3.speakeasy.net>
Date:	Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:04:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Vadim Lobanov <vlobanov@...akeasy.net>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
cc:	ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se wrote:
> > Citerar Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>:
> >> Also, you don't want to force 'unsigned char' on code, because often
> >> code prefers a machine integer to something smaller than a machine integer.
>
> > But isn't a bit smaller than a byte? Sorry, do not understand what you mean.
>
> For all processors, it is generally preferred to have integer operations
> performed on a "machine integer."  A machine integer is the natural data
> type of the processor.  If it's a 32-bit processor, the natural data
> type for the ALU is a 32-bit int.  If it's a 64-bit processor, the
> natural data type for the ALU is a 64-bit int.

If this is the case, then wouldn't "long" be preferable to "int"?

> 	Jeff

-- Vadim Lobanov
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