> -Original Message-
> From: Eric Blake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Again, if your ssize_t is smaller than 32 bits, your
> platform has
> > other issues. Just because POSIX allows ssize_t to be
> as small as
> > 16 bits doesn't mean many modern platforms do that.
While
> -Original Message-
> From: Clive D.W. Feather [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > While we're at it, I would be interested in the rational
> for "inventing"
> > ssize_t and not using ptrdiff_t instead, if anyone would care to
> > comment.
>
> size_t has to be able to hold the size of the la
> -Original Message-
> From: Geoff Clare [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:22 AM
> To: bug-gnulib; Matthew Woehlke; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: source(builtin) and read(2)
> I'll submit a defect report.
Perhaps it would be possible to typedef ssize_t to ptr
> -Original Message-
> From: Paul Eggert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Schwarz, Konrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The argument that since ptrdiff_t is intended to represent the
> > difference of pointers makes it somehow unsuitable to r
