Re: preferring ptrdiff_t to size_t for object counts

2017-06-07 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Paul, > The name I'm currently > thinking of is 'in_t', short for "index type". That's an > easy-to-remember name (the type is like 'int', but possibly wider). Fine with me. It doesn't collide: Only very few packages use this identifier 'in_t', and only in isolated places. > One other adva

Re: preferring ptrdiff_t to size_t for object counts

2017-06-07 Thread Paul Eggert
On 06/07/2017 02:53 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: I don't really mind the name of the type - as long as it's a typedef. I've been leaning towards a name that doesn't start with 'w', since the type is not specific to the walloc module family. The name I'm currently thinking of is 'in_t', short for "

Re: preferring ptrdiff_t to size_t for object counts

2017-06-07 Thread Bruno Haible
I wrote: > typedef ptrdiff_t wsize_t; 'wsize_t' or 'wcount_t'. I don't really mind the name of the type - as long as it's a typedef. Bruno

Re: getcwd() issues on VMS / canonicalize-lgpl.c

2017-06-07 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi John, > > John Malmberg wrote: > >> 1. The VMS CRTL getcwd() will not pass configure tests and will be > >> marked for replacement from gnulib. > >> > >> 2. The replacement from gnulib causes canonicalize-lgpl.c to fail > >> because the replacement only has 2 parameters, not three. > ... > I ha

What is the status of http://autobuild.josefsson.org/gnulib/

2017-06-07 Thread John E. Malmberg
What is the status of http://autobuild.josefsson.org/gnulib/ ? It is not reachable by me at the moment. Regards, -John