Re: [PATCH] block-sha1: Windows declares ntohl() in winsock2.h

> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 14:56, Artur Skawina<art.08.09@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>> I'd limit it to windows and any other ia32 platform that doesn't pick the
>> bswaps itself; as is, it just adds an unnecessary hidden gcc dependency.
>>
>> Hmm, it's actually a gcc-4.3+ dependency, so it won't even build w/ gcc 4.2;
>> something like this would be required: "(__GNUC__>=4 && __GNUC_MINOR__>=3)" .
>
> So, as you say the code makes no difference under Linux, would you be
> OK with just testing for GCC 4.3+, and not for Windows? That would get
> rid of the "hidden" GCC dependency and not make the preprocessor
> checks overly complex. Moreover, limiting my patch to any "platform
> that doesn't pick the bswaps itself" could possibly require
> maintenance on compiler / CRT updates.