Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
Reza Roboubi <reza@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Is there support for "short" pointers in 64 bit applications? As
struct members, these short pointers would save space, but when
accessed, they would automatically be treated as 64 bit pointers into
the "current" 4GB space (namely where the containing struct resides.)
No.
Sorry.
Ian
Do you know what it takes to do it? How much work for a newcomer to get
up to speed with gcc? (Maybe this should go to the developer list?)
Thanks a lot.
Reza.
