Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 13:14:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 Message-ID: <200110272014.f9RKEkj56354@apollo.backplane.com> References: <20011027201203.294B839F0@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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:> :Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au :> :> I think the absolute worst that can happen is that moving time_t to :> 64 bits will have the same sort of impact on ports that moving off_t to :> 64 bits had. I don't recall the off_t change as causing any significant :> pain. FreeBSD had it from the get-go, but most of our ports were :> compiled on systems with 32 bit off_t's. : :Glad you mentioned the off_t problem.. We're *still* finding off_t bugs :in *OUR OWN CODE*!! How long has off_t been long long? Nearly 8 years now :and we're *still* finding them! : :Cheers, :-Peter And I'm sure there are still K&R problems too. The point is that off_t being 64 bits has not posed a serious problem in at least 5 years, probably longer. It's completely off the radar screen. Are you seriously proposing that we change off_t back to 32 bits because of the minor little off-the-radar-almost-don't-matter bugs that come up every now and again? No? -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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