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Re: source(builtin) and read(2)
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Eric Blake |
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Re: source(builtin) and read(2) |
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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:24:47 -0600 |
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According to Matthew Woehlke on 3/23/2007 1:38 PM:
> Huh? I never said anything about ssize_t, I said SSIZE_MAX which appears
> to be guaranteed by POSIX to be at least 32 *kilobytes*,
SSIZE_MAX is guaranteed to be the maximum value that fits in ssize_t.
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.
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Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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