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-rw-r--r--Python/ceval.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index e848fb07cf..f3433f1d7d 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
typedef unsigned long long uint64;
-#if defined(__ppc__) /* <- Don't know if this is the correct symbol; this
- section should work for GCC on any PowerPC
- platform, irrespective of OS.
- POWER? Who knows :-) */
+/* PowerPC suppport.
+ "__ppc__" appears to be the preprocessor definition to detect on OS X, whereas
+ "__powerpc__" appears to be the correct one for Linux with GCC
+*/
+#if defined(__ppc__) || defined (__powerpc__)
#define READ_TIMESTAMP(var) ppc_getcounter(&var)