[Freeciv-Dev] Re: PATCH: gint/gpointer casting in GTK+ client

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 07:11:48PM +0100, Ben Webb wrote:
>       There are a lot of places in the GTK+ client where integer values
> are cast to and from pointer values. This causes no problems on (for
> example) an i386 Linux box, since sizeof(gint)=sizeof(gpointer). However,
> this is not the case on my Alpha box. The GLib guys have already allowed
> for this, however, and have provided GINT_TO_POINTER and GPOINTER_TO_INT
> macros for supposedly "safe" casts. The attached patch replaces the
> existing casts with the GLib macros, removing a LOT of redundant warnings
> when compiling on an Alpha.
> 
>       The patch touches little code, so I don't see any reasonable
> reason why it shouldn't be committed. Complaints?

No problems from me.

        Raimar

P.S.: How is GINT_TO_POINTER and GPOINTER_TO_INT defined on a alpha?

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