Re: size_t changes and 32/64-bit, kernel uio_resid type changed.
Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote:
> > size_t has been changed to unsigned long (and ssize_t to long). I may
> > revert this prior to the release if we hit pkgsrc problems. The change
> > will be kept for 64-bit machines.
>
> Isn't this explicitly wrong? Isn't ssize_t defined as holding all
> valid values of size_t, *plus* some extra values which can be used
> for error indications?
No, it isn't.
> To quote SUSv3:
>
> "The type ssize_t shall be capable of storing values at least
> in the range [-1, {SSIZE_MAX}]"
>
> So are you defining SSIZE_MAX to be smaller than maximum-long?
SSIZE_MAX != SIZE_MAX
Best regards
Oliver
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