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Subject: Re: [9front] /sys/doc/asm.ms
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:20:06 +0000
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On Mon, Jan 4, 2016, at 09:49 PM, Ori Bernstein wrote:
> I'm pretty sure that it is true: On amd64, pointers are 64 bits.
> 
> > On Jan 4, 2016, at 1:12 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > 
> > the amd64 section says "c pointer values are 64 bits". this is not true for 9front, is it? would it be appropriate to change it or insert a note to say so?
> > 
> > /sys/doc/asm.ms:978
> > /sys/doc/asm.ms!8

you're right ori. i just tested with int *p; print("%d", sizeof(p));

i found the source of my confusion: malloc takes ulong size, which is 32 bits.

nothing really new here then.