Re: [patch] sim/erc32/ max simulation time extended by using 64bit ints

[Doug Evans <dje@google.com>]

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Joel Sherrill
<joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com> wrote:
> On 05/21/2010 10:05 AM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>         * sis.h: Remove #include<stdint.h>.
>>>>>         (uint64, int64): Redefine without using stdint.h.
>>>>>         (UINT64_MAX): Define.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FYI: I just checked that one in.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Doug do you still want that VAL ->  strtol/ll change?
>>>
>>
>> Can you provide more info, which change is that?
>>
>
> Doug seemed to want to get rid of the "VAL" macros
> in the sim/erc32 source code.  I handled one file in
> this patch because it was only used once in the file
> and it seemed silly to even have the macro.  The other
> two files had more uses so I wanted to wait until
> the maximum time to 64 bits was committed.
>
> Here is his comment
>
>   1)
>
>   -#define     VAL(x)  strtol(x,(char **)NULL,0)
>   +#define     VAL(x)  strtoull(x,(char **)NULL,0)
>
>
>   I realize VAL is only used once in interf.c but it's also defined in
>   other files as well.
>   While one could consolidate them, having the macro at all is probably
>   less preferable to just calling strtoul{,l} directly.
>   I would just remove it from interf.c and call strtoull directly.
>
> I have fixed this in interf.c.  But didn't touch the other files.
> Is this OK?

I only mentioned it because the original patch changed its definition
and instead of doing that it seemed better to just get rid of it.
But it's not critical or anything, just "IWBN".