On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 08:51:58AM +0200, Schlomo Schapiro wrote:
> I actually meant functions like ftell which return the position. If the
> function returns a 64bit integer but the programmer uses a 32bit integer
> this shouldn't work -- unless the compiler silently upgrades all 32bit
> integers ?
The programmer should use off_t as an offset type, not directly declare
a long variable. off_t's size is changed according to the interface you use.
But yes, if a programmer explicitly uses a long offset, then he's screwed.
Regards, Yotam Rubin
>
> Schlomo
>
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