#ifdef for 32-bit platform

Question

In an application I maintain, we\'ve encountered a problem with file descriptor limitations affecting the stdlib. This problem only affects the 32-bit version of the standar

Answer 1

What I would probably end up doing, is within a Makefile, determine if you are on a 32 bit platform or 64 bit using uname. Then, add to your CFLAGS, -DX32, or -DX64. That you could just #ifdef X64.

But this is just a unixy solution. I'm not sure what I would do on windows.