From: dj AT delorie DOT com (DJ Delorie)
Subject: Re: double != long double
12 Jan 1999 08:02:07 -0800
Message-ID: <199901121551.KAA31976.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@envy.delorie.com>
References: <369ad591 DOT 18638270 AT mail DOT goodnet DOT com>
To: jeffdb AT goodnet DOT com
Cc: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com


> Why is gcc  not consistent with the "HOST"
> compiler in this area?

I don't know, but remember that the x86 support for gcc isn't limited
to cygwin - it supports many other x86 targets like djgpp, linux, SCO,
etc.

> This will mess up alignment for any
> sturcture/union that uses the system
> libraries with long doubles.

If MSVC doesn't support long doubles bigger than double anyway, just
change "long double" to "double" in all the headers and it should
work.