> > They don't REQUIRE it, but just miss a lot of optimization if that isn't > > the case (since things that would otherwise be CONST_INT will now be > > CONST_DOUBLE and folding will be harder). > > # need_64bit_hwint Set to yes if HOST_WIDE_INT must be 64 bits wide > # for this target. This is true iff this target > # supports "long" or "wchar_t" wider than 32 bits.
Sorry: I guess my information is dated. What changed so that it's now required?