I have no experience here, but maybe this change should be in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/systems/parse.nix 🤔

I have no experience here, but maybe this change should be in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/systems/parse.nix thinking

In the long run I would like to eliminate platform.cpu.bits and replace it with platform.cpu.bits.pointer and platform.cpu.bits.arithmetic, to force users to think about which one they mean.

But that is a mammoth undertaking. And it is going to cost me a lot of karma.

Liked your idea, any place where we can suggest that?

Liked your idea, any place where we can suggest that?

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pulls

Liked your idea, any place where we can suggest that?

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pulls

I think we could discuss that with architecture team before any PR, not sure if is a case for RFC.
Unless you're really motivated to write a pull request first.