On 09/11/11 08:14, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > gcc has it : http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/_005f_005fint128.html > (at least for 64bits)
I'd be leery of any attempt to define a system type wider than intmax_t. Too many things will break. It might be OK to use __int128 for specialized internal purposes (cryptography comes to mind), but not for common external interfaces such as uid_t.