Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 09:11:03 -0700 (PDT)
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To: zy65 AT dial DOT pipex DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: ifstream (FILENAME, ios::binary). Can't Read!!!
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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You wrote:
>A. Sinan Unur wrote
>
>> >     double num_read = 0;
>> 
>> do you ever expect to read a fractional number of bytes from a file?
>
>No, I just used it cause I always think of doubles as being able to count
>to a higher number than ints.
But by definition a file cannot be longer than an unsigned long can specify
(and in some cases maybe even only a signed long?) Don't ask how this will
work when people want 5GB files...
Besides a double loses precision when it counts to high numbers and you
don't want that. Moral: use an int type.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net