[m-rev.] for review: document 64-bit integer types in the reference manual

[Julien Fischer]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, Peter Wang wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 20:38:18 -0500 (EST), Julien Fischer <jfischer at opturion.com> wrote:
>>
>> For review by anyone.
>>
>> --------------------
>>
>> Document 64-bit integer types in the reference manual.
>>
>> doc/reference_manual.texi:
>>       Uncomment or add documentation for the two 64-bit integer types.
>>
>> Julien.
>
>> @@ -7237,6 +7239,16 @@ Omitting the call to @code{MR_word_to_float} in the above example would yield
>>   incorrect results for implementations where @samp{sizeof(MR_Float)} is greater
>>   than @samp{sizeof(MR_Word)}.
>>
>> +Similarly, the implementation provides the macros @code{MR_word_to_int64} and
>> + at code{MR_word_to_uint64} for converting values of type @code{MR_Word} to ones
>> +of type @code{int64_t} or @code{uint64_t} respectively, and the macros
>> + at code{MR_int64_to_word} and @code{MR_uint64_to_word} for converting values of
>> +type @code{int64_t} or @code{uint64_t} respectively to ones of type
>> + at code{MR_Word}.
>> +These macros must be used to perform these conversions since for some Mercury
>> +implementations @samp{sizeof(int64_t)} or @samp{sizeof(uint64_t)} is greater
>> +than @samp{sizeof(MR_Word)}.
>
> and .. are greater than

Fixed.

>>
>> -Note that since Java lacks unsigned integer types, Mercury's @code{uint} type
>> -corresponds to the Java type @code{int}.
>> +Note that since Java lacks unsigned integer types, Mercury's unsigned integer
>> +type correspond to signed integer types in Java.
>
> types correspond

Fixed.

Thanks for that!

Julien.