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Subject: Re: sizeof(size_t) and other "semantic" types on 32 bit systems?
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2011/9/30 Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org>:
> Hello, Hackers.
>
> =C2=A0I was surprised, when I discover that size_t are 32-bit wide on
> =C2=A032-bit (i386) system. Which "semantic" type should I use, for
> =C2=A0example, for storing GEOM size in bytes in system-independent way? =
I
> =C2=A0could use "uint64_t", of course, but I don't like this solution, as
> =C2=A0it very low-level (ok, not so low-level as "unsigned long long", to
> =C2=A0be honest).

off_t?

Cheers,
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