In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Garrett Wollman  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> We could define pthread_t as __intptr_t without making significant
> changes to the implementation.

Agreed.  I think it would be "nicer" if it were a small integer like
a file descriptor -- i.e., an index into a table containing the
actual structures.  I suspect that was the intent of the standard
writers.  But faking it into an __intptr_t would satisfy the text of
the standard.

John
-- 
  John Polstra
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa


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