32bit to 64bit conversion.


 
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Old 08-11-2008
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Originally Posted by Sivaswami
better to use #ifdef's instead of all these issues
I disagree for the following reasons:
1. #ifdef makes code harder to read.
2. You now need to maintain two versions.
3. What happens when you need to compile for yet another platform or OS? You add another ifdef/else combination making the code more ureadable and harder to maintain.
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