[M3devel] __int128 coming to gcc

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 03:36:24AM -0500, Tony Hosking wrote:
> Subranges have a memory size that depends on the size of the subrange.  
> All arithmetic is performed using the precision of the base type 
> however.

If the compiler can prove it makes no difference, shorter arithmetic is 
sometimes possible.

-- hendrik