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

> Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I would say that should be fine, but I'd let Linus and Nico to overrule me
> on this if they have any input.