>genmodes.c has the following comment:
>
>----
> /* Again, nothing more need be said. For historical reasons,
>
>
> the size of a CC mode is four units. */
> validate_mode (m, UNSET, UNSET, UNSET, UNSET, UNSET);
>
> m->bytesize = 4;
>----
>
>Now, this is probably ok for _most_ archs but for my arch where a word == byte
>== 16 bits, this causes a lot of pain. Is there a way (macro?) to change this
>to m->bytesize = 1; in the backend without hardcoding it into genmodes.c?
It would seem that making it equal to word size (whatever that is on the
platform) or size of the int type would be a way to make this better. Would
that have any bad consequences for other platforms?
paul
