On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 00:56 +0100, Jaroslav Šmíd wrote: > If you are currently learning C, please, learn the difference between > size_t, int and long - some of glib/GTK devs didn't and because of that > they use int in places where size_t is more appropriate.
where size_t is appropriate, glib developers use gsize. > For example > g_application_open() - quite new API and they had to mess it up by using > (g)int instead of size_t. Or they can do magic and even on system with > sizeof(size_t) < sizeof(int) they actually can manipulate with objects > impossible to allocate (although I don't know of such system, but C > standard doesn't forbid it). so it should have been written for platforms that not only don't have a port of GLib, but are also non-existing? > On the other hand, on systems with > sizeof(size_t) > sizeof(int), they limit you. or we should have written g_application_open() for platforms in which you can open more than 2+ *billion* files at the same time? just one question: are you for real? ciao, Emmanuele. -- W: http://www.emmanuelebassi.name B: http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
