Re: [platform-swt-dev] SWT Cocoa for 64bit ?

[Steve Northover <Steve_Northover@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The extra step makes SWT have exactly
the right architecture for the system on which SWT is running.  We
can state with absolute certainty that SWT is as fast (and small) as possible
on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

This design decision comes from the
other 64-bit platforms where there were casting and struct sizing issues
that probably don't exist on cocoa.  It's possible that we might revisit
the entire thing, but not lightly and not in the middle of a port, where
the first focus is on functionality.

I'm going to copy all of this discussion
into the bug report so that we can track it should we decide to change.

Scott Kovatch <skovatch@xxxxxxxxx>
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07/02/2008 02:33 PM

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On 7/2/08 11:26 AM, "Carolyn MacLeod" <Carolyn_MacLeod@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Please read bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=239301
> <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=239301> .
> Carolyn 

What's the benefit of adding the extra step? Smaller footprint? Don't you
need to do this in the native code as well?

Scott

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