26/32-bit OSLib

[Tony van der Hoff]

On 16 Nov 2002, in message <eb553b964b.kevin at bracey-griffith.freeserve.co.uk>,
Kevin Bracey <kevin at bracey-griffith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> In message <14ec37964b.rick at ravine.kpo.org.nz>
>           Rick Hudson <rhudson at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> 
> > On 16 Nov you wrote:
> > 
> > > In message <a10726964b.rick at ravine.kpo.org.nz>
> > >           Rick Hudson <rhudson at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> > > 
> > >> Does this mean there is no 26/32 neutral version?
> > > 
> > > The 32 bit build is 26/32 bit neutral.
[snip]
> 
> It's complicated. The C library calls the program in a few places and the
> old version absolutely requires flag preservation across calls, so wouldn't
> work with APCS-32 code. Also the structure of the stubs has had to change
> significantly to work on a 32-bit system (where you can't use B to branch
> to the C library). You need a new C library to support those stubs.
> 

Thank you, Kevin. Contribution paraphrased and added to FAQ.
http://ro-oslib.sourceforge.net/faq.html

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