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Date:      Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:13:00 +0300
From:      Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
To:        Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@des.no>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src UPDATING src/include fts.h src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc Symbol.map fts-compat.c fts-compat.h fts.3 fts.c src/sys/sys param.h
Message-ID:  <20080128161300.GP49535@comp.chem.msu.su>
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 11:55:29AM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote:
> Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> writes:
> > Excuse me, but did you notice that fts(3) is not a part of sys?  It's
> > generic userland code, albeit it's contaminated by system-dependent
> > parts for performance or whatever.
> 
> Irrelevant.

Says who?

> > But let intN_t be mostly confined in the kernel and system-dependent
> > userland code.  E.g., system-dependent include files can use them
> > to define more portable types such as ino_t, nlink_t, or whatever.
> 
> C99 doesn't define those either.

POSIX does.  But please stop catching me by my tongue and concentrate
on the real essence of the issue.

> > Userland code should be portable and useful to other systems in the
> > chosen domain of compatibility, e.g., C99 or POSIX, unless there
> > are substantial reasons for it not to.  That's how different projects
> > can benefit from each other's work.
> 
> Both C99 and POSIX *require* int64_t and uint64_t on all platforms that
> have 64-bit integer types.
> 
> FreeBSD has never run on any platform that doesn't.  I don't think
> NetBSD or OpenBSD has either, nor Solaris, nor Linux to my knowledge.

How long ago did you read the Ten C Commandments?  You may want to
refer to the last of them.

-- 
Yar



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