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Subject: Re: ssize_t: int -> signed long [PATCH]
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> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 19:41:37 +0000
> From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> > 
> > No, we don't pollute stdio.h because it already includes sys/djtypes.h
> > which defines ssize_t.
> 
> I don't think <sys/djtypes.h> does actually pollute. It #defines something
> which typedefs ssize_t.

Right, I overlooked that.

However, isn't ssize_t mandated by some standard?

> > Perhaps we should change FSEXT to return an ssize_t.
> 
> If we're going to change it, I would prefer a long long, since then it will
> cope with return values from anything (llseek, etc.). But that's not binarily
> compatible

It's also slower.

I think we should make it ssize_t.