Comment on Never create Ruby strings longer than 23 charactersparentComments−jof14yIsn't this what C99's uintptr_t type tries to address?−archangel_one14yYes, exactly. I'm just a little curious since, without knowing anything about the code at all, unsigned long doesn't seem like a great choice. I'm sure the Ruby devs would know this though so I expect there must be some reason for it.−bhousel14yHere's the code: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/include/ruby/ruby.h#...It looks like uintptr_t support is there, just disabled for now.−archangel_one14yThanks - the fallback to long long explains it for me.
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Isn't this what C99's uintptr_t type tries to address?
Yes, exactly. I'm just a little curious since, without knowing anything about the code at all, unsigned long doesn't seem like a great choice. I'm sure the Ruby devs would know this though so I expect there must be some reason for it.
Here's the code: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/include/ruby/ruby.h#...
It looks like uintptr_t support is there, just disabled for now.
Thanks - the fallback to long long explains it for me.