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Pointer Casting in 64-bit Migration by Nayeem.khan is a document available to read on EtoBox.

What is Pointer Casting in 64-bit Migration about?

The document discusses guidelines for writing polymorphic code to target both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures from a single code base. It introduces polymorphic data types that have different sizes depending on the target architecture. Pointer truncation is a key issue when migrating 32-bit applications to 64-bit, as 64-bit pointers are twice the size. To address this, polymorphic types and eliminating pointer casts to integer types are important. The next newsletter will further examine using polymorphic t

Author
Nayeem.khan
Language
EN