Comment Comment by PhilipTrettner Sorry I'm a bit late to the party.long and long long are convertible, that's not the issue. They are distinct types though, so long* and long long* are NOT implicitly convertible. And uint64_t is not consistently the correct type.See: https://godbolt.org/z/bYb7a38dGI'd prefer if the intrinsics use the same uint64_t but they don't. parent PhilipTrettner 9 months ago
long and long long are convertible, that's not the issue. They are distinct types though, so long* and long long* are NOT implicitly convertible. And uint64_t is not consistently the correct type.
See: https://godbolt.org/z/bYb7a38dG
I'd prefer if the intrinsics use the same uint64_t but they don't.