note
	description: "Platform specific constants."
	todo: "Could maybe use stuff from {PLATFORM}"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class.";
	date: "$Date$";
	revision: "$Revision$"

class
	PLATFORM_CONSTANTS

inherit
	PLATFORM
		redefine
			is_unix,
			is_vms
		end

feature -- Access

	frozen is_unix: BOOLEAN
			-- Is it a Unix platform?
		external
			"C inline use %"eif_eiffel.h%""
		alias
			"return EIF_TEST(!(EIF_IS_VMS || EIF_IS_WINDOWS));"
		end

	frozen is_vms: BOOLEAN
			-- Is the platform VMS?
		external
			"C macro use %"eif_eiffel.h%""
		alias
			"EIF_IS_VMS"
		end

	frozen is_64_bits: BOOLEAN
			-- Is Current running on Windows 64 bits?
		external
			"C macro use %"eif_eiffel.h%""
		alias
			"EIF_IS_64_BITS"
		end

note
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end -- class PLATFORM_CONSTANTS