From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Daniel Gurney <dgurney99@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net,
Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] compat/bswap.h: simplify MSVC endianness detection
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 19:31:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201110003127.GA1268480@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201108095739.23144-1-dgurney99@gmail.com>
On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 11:57:41AM +0200, Daniel Gurney wrote:
> Modern MSVC or Windows versions don't support big-endian, so it's
> unnecessary to consider architectures when using it.
This made me wonder if we support any non-modern versions (which would
be negatively impacted).
From the earlier thread at [1], it sounds like probably not, but I
wonder if we can offer a stronger argument there (or just define
"modern" a little more clearly).
-Peff
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20201107224747.GF6252@camp.crustytoothpaste.net/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-10 0:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-07 23:47 [PATCH] compat/bswap.h: Simplify MSVC endianness detection Daniel Gurney
2020-11-08 0:12 ` brian m. carlson
2020-11-08 9:57 ` [PATCH v2] compat/bswap.h: simplify " Daniel Gurney
2020-11-10 0:31 ` Jeff King [this message]
2020-11-10 2:36 ` brian m. carlson
2020-11-10 6:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-10 14:04 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-10 15:35 ` Daniel Gurney
2020-11-10 15:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-10 17:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-10 17:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-10 22:37 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-10 14:21 ` Jeff King
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