From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 6 8:16:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com (gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com [151.145.250.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D5E414D99 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 08:16:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Matthew.Alton@anheuser-busch.com) Received: by gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com; id KAA25103; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 10:18:22 -0500 Received: from stlexggtw002-pozzoli.fw-users.busch.com(151.145.101.130) by gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com via smap (V5.0) id xma024863; Fri, 6 Aug 99 10:17:37 -0500 Received: from stlabcexg006.anheuser-busch.com ([151.145.101.161]) by 151.145.101.130 (Norton AntiVirus for Internet Email Gateways 1.0) ; Fri, 06 Aug 1999 15:15:36 0000 (GMT) Received: by stlabcexg006.anheuser-busch.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 10:15:21 -0500 Message-ID: <0740CBD1D149D31193EB0008C7C56836EB8AFD@STLABCEXG012> From: "Alton, Matthew" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: quad_t and portability Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 10:15:35 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What is the approved method for getting ahold of 64 clean bits? I've been using the GNU/c9x "unsigned long long" and #ifdef-ing all over the place but this strikes me as substantially less than elegant. Once we have the bits, what is the Right Way to get them into network order? > -----Original Message----- > From: Sheldon Hearn [SMTP:sheldonh@uunet.co.za] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 8:34 AM > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: quad_t and portability > > > > On Fri, 06 Aug 1999 15:29:25 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > I want to patch wc(1) so that it uses quad_t instead of u_long. This is > > necessary if wc(1) is to produce sensible results for files containing > > more than 4GB of data. > > Yes yes, before you jump on my head, I meant u_quad_t. :-) > > Ciao, > Sheldon. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message