-#if defined (__i386__) && defined (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 2
-# define G_BREAKPOINT() G_STMT_START{ __asm__ __volatile__ ("int $03"); }G_STMT_END
-#elif defined (_MSC_VER) && defined (_M_IX86)
-# define G_BREAKPOINT() G_STMT_START{ __asm int 3h }G_STMT_END
-#elif defined (__alpha__) && defined (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 2
-# define G_BREAKPOINT() G_STMT_START{ __asm__ __volatile__ ("bpt"); }G_STMT_END
-#else /* !__i386__ && !__alpha__ */
-# define G_BREAKPOINT() G_STMT_START{ raise (SIGTRAP); }G_STMT_END
-#endif /* __i386__ */
+#if (defined (__i386__) || defined (__x86_64__)) && defined (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 2
+# define G_BREAKPOINT() G_STMT_START{ __asm__ __volatile__ ("int $03"); }G_STMT_END
+#elif (defined (_MSC_VER) || defined (__DMC__)) && defined (_M_IX86)
+# define G_BREAKPOINT() G_STMT_START{ __asm int 3h }G_STMT_END
+#elif defined (_MSC_VER)
+# define G_BREAKPOINT() G_STMT_START{ __debugbreak(); }G_STMT_END
+#elif defined (__alpha__) && !defined(__osf__) && defined (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 2
+# define G_BREAKPOINT() G_STMT_START{ __asm__ __volatile__ ("bpt"); }G_STMT_END
+#else /* !__i386__ && !__alpha__ */
+# define G_BREAKPOINT() G_STMT_START{ raise (SIGTRAP); }G_STMT_END
+#endif /* __i386__ */