PB 5.70 64 #PB_Processor_x86 fails?

[Justin]

I am running PB 64 and this shows x86 ?

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CompilerIf #PB_Processor_x86
	Debug "x86"
CompilerEndIf

Mint 64

[#NULL]

You are only checking the value of the constant, which always has a value. You need to compare it to #PB_Compiler_Processor

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CompilerIf #PB_Compiler_Processor = #PB_Processor_x86
   Debug "x86"
CompilerEndIf

[Justin]

i forgot that, thanks

[Josh]

And again write immediately as a bug report.

Just think about whether such a bug can occur without there being hundreds of bug reports already.

By the way, there is also a forum for questions!!!

@Any Mod:
Please move this to the garbage.

[DarkDragon]

Be thankful for bug reports, not angry about them.

Just think about whether such a bug can occur without there being hundreds of bug reports already.

This way no serious all-damaging bug would be ever reported. E.g. the floating point recursion bug we had a while ago.

Usually bug trackers also keep track of non-bugs because this way you can find many conceptual issues where the intention is not clear to the users.

[Little John]

You are only checking the value of the constant, which always has a value. You need to compare it to #PB_Compiler_Processor

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CompilerIf #PB_Compiler_Processor = #PB_Processor_x86
   Debug "x86"
CompilerEndIf

You are right, of course. And what you are posting is correct and proper PureBasic code.

However, it's a pity that PB sometimes forces us to write such counterintuitive code. Maybe that's the reason why people repeatedly have problems with code like this. #PB_Processor_x86 really is a named constant (its value is 2, at least on Windows). But while #PB_Compiler_Processor also looks like a constant, it actually is a compiler function in disguise. That is irritating.

If it would be possible to write the code like this

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CompilerIf PB_Compiler_Processor() = #PB_Processor_x86
   Debug "x86"
CompilerEndIf

then it would become obvious how it actually works.

BTW, in this particular case, there is an official compiler function that we can use instead:

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CompilerIf SizeOf(Integer) = 4
   Debug "x86"
CompilerEndIf