[PATCH 1 of 2] auto/type/sizeof: rework autotest to be cross-compilation friendly

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Sun, May 04, 2014 at 08:08:29AM +0200, Samuel Martin wrote:

> # HG changeset patch
> # User Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
> # Date 1398374852 -7200
> #      Thu Apr 24 23:27:32 2014 +0200
> # Node ID f0f3f5208b12c6afbbdfb55b32c968ebd7206ad5
> # Parent  b9553b4b8e670a0231afc0484f23953c0d8b5f22
> auto/type/sizeof: rework autotest to be cross-compilation friendly
> 
> Rework the sizeof test to do the checks at compile time instead of at
> runtime. This way, it does not break when cross-compiling for a
> different CPU architecture.

No.

Apart from various problems with the patch like breaking 
./configure output, this approach (parsing error messages of a 
compiler) is not portable.  E.g., it won't work with MSVC.

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Maxim Dounin
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