Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 14:28:56 -0500 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys _iovec.h socket.h uio.h Message-ID: <20021229142856.E98334@espresso.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <200212291924.gBTJOb8r037706@dotar.thuvia.org>; from mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk on Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 07:24:37PM %2B0000 References: <200212291802.gBTI20aj008737@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <200212291924.gBTJOb8r037706@dotar.thuvia.org>
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Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> writes: > > From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> > > Date: Sun 29 Dec, 2002 > > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys _iovec.h socket.h uio.h > > > <<On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 06:14:13 GMT, Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> said: > > > > > Where else is ssize_t defined? > > > > In every header that uses it. That's the X/Op^H^H^H^HPOSIX Way. > > Oh. I've never seen that stated in my reading of the standard or rationale > (and couldn't find it stated in my on-line copy). > > I did, however, find it also defined in <unistd.h>, <monetary.h>, <sys/msg.h>, > <sys/uio.h> (which I missed earlier), which invalidates my argument, supports > Mike's statement, and answers my question. > > However, ssize_t is _not_ defined in <aio.h>, <mqueue.h>, <sys/socket.h>, > where it is also used, though each of these headers _may_ (not _shall_) > make ssize_t visible as defined in <sys/types.h> and/or <sys/uio.h>. This > may be a bug in the standard. <sys/socket.h> does define it. I have a patch for <mqueue.h> in my tree. I still need to work on <aio.h> and less than a dozen other standard headers. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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