Support for building V8 with MinGW. This patch is from gdschaefer. In additio...

src/globals.h

 // Copyright 2006-2008 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
 // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
 // met:
 //
 //     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 //       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 //     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
 //       copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
 //       disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
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 // DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
 // THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 // (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
 // OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 #ifndef V8_GLOBALS_H_
 #define V8_GLOBALS_H_
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Types
-// Windows is missing the stdint.h header file. Instead we define standard
-// integer types for Windows here.
+// Visual Studio C++ is missing the stdint.h header file. Instead we define
+// standard integer types for Windows here.
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
 typedef signed char int8_t;
 typedef unsigned char uint8_t;
 typedef short int16_t;  // NOLINT
 typedef unsigned short uint16_t;  // NOLINT
 typedef int int32_t;
 typedef unsigned int uint32_t;
 typedef __int64 int64_t;
 typedef unsigned __int64 uint64_t;
-#else
+#else  // _MSC_VER
 #include <stdint.h>  // for intptr_t
-#endif
+#endif  // _MSC_VER
 
 
 namespace v8 { namespace internal {
 
 // Support for alternative bool type. This is only enabled if the code is
 // compiled with USE_MYBOOL defined. This catches some nasty type bugs.
 // For instance, 'bool b = "false";' results in b == true! This is a hidden
 // source of bugs.
 // However, redefining the bool type does have some negative impact on some
 // platforms. It gives rise to compiler warnings (i.e. with
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   Dest dest;
   memcpy(&dest, &source, sizeof(dest));
   return dest;
 }
 
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_GLOBALS_H_