[Python-checkins] r55103 - in python/trunk: Modules/itertoolsmodule.c Modules/posixmodule.c Objects/intobject.c Objects/longobject.c PC/config.c PC/pyconfig.h Python/thread_nt.h

Thu May 3 23:35:40 CEST 2007

On Thursday 03 May 2007 3:17:31 pm Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> > -#define COMPILER _Py_PASTE_VERSION("64 bit (AMD64)")
> > +#define COMPILER _Py_PASTE_VERSION("64 bit (x64)")
>> Please undo that change. The architecture's name is AMD64, not x64.

Not to start a flame war, but 64-bit extensions on Intel are referred to 
as "Intel 64" (formerly EM64T). So to call it "AMD64" would be incorrect as 
well. The most neutral name would be "x86-64".
For reference see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64
-- 
Jeremy Kloth
http://4suite.org/