On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Paolo Bonzini wrote:

> > I think compiler can and should be host independent, like LLVM.
> 
> It is.  Changes to code generation depending on the host are considered to be
> serious bugs, and have been long before LLVM existed.

I'd like that to be the case, but PR 35466 was closed as WONTFIX.  I don't 
know whether the problem there applies to other targets as well, but I'd 
prefer requiring HOST_WIDE_INT to be 64 bits for all hosts and targets 
simply to eliminate the risk of this class of bugs.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jos...@codesourcery.com

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