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Date:      Mon, 13 Mar 2000 04:45:00 +0000
From:      Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: MAX_UID ?
Message-ID:  <38CC724C.159E68B4@originative.co.uk>
References:  <38CAD957.3C839375@originative.co.uk> <38CB322D.D12ED0B0@originative.co.uk> <200003130145.RAA51429@vashon.polstra.com> <38CC4AFD.7E649664@originative.co.uk> <200003130202.SAA51491@vashon.polstra.com> <38CC4ECA.68AA4B78@originative.co.uk> <00Mar13.144149est.115209@border.alcanet.com.au>

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Peter Jeremy wrote:
> 

> On 2000-Mar-13 13:14:40 +1100, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> wrote:
> >#define UID_MAX ((uid_t)0-1)
> ...
> >I can see the flaw in that straight away in that uid_t isn't available
> >in <sys/syslimits.h>
> 
> Not a problem.  C macros are just text expansions.  The `uid_t' isn't
> evaluated unless/until the macro is used - at which point uid_t must
> be available.

Uhh, yeah. It's the middle of the night here I obviously wasn't awake
when I said that :-)

Paul.


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