Hi, On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 10:50:26AM +0000, Edmund Grimley Evans wrote: > http://wiki.debian.org/ArchitectureSpecificsMemo > > Some suggestions for improving this table: > > 1. About half of the table is taken up with sizeof information, some > of which could be expressed more concisely. (Are all Debian > architectures ILP32 or LP64? Any rare exceptions could be described in > a footnote.)
Right. Also the recently added float/double/long double columns can be reduced to to a "float parameters passed via" column, since all three kind of floats are passed same way. > 2. Perhaps it would be better to reverse the axes, particularly if the > sizeof information is simplified and as more and more architectures > are added. Ok, makes sense - it also easier to see what arch the actual edit touched when getting wiki notifications. I also approve how you changed char,endian and stack direction back to words instead of single letters. now one doesn't have to read the legend all the time! > 3. A link to a list of system calls might be useful for some people. probably for some other page. > 4. I'd like to see some information about va_list added as this > sometimes causes portability problems. For example: I think it's unwise - to rephrase what Thorsten said, we shouldn't encourage people to depend on the internals of va_list but use the va_list api functions and not make assumptions. Another page documenting va_list differences on architectures might make sense. Riku -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141128125024.ga6...@afflict.kos.to
