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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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<<On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 02:24:32 +1100 (EST), Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> said:

> It has to be u_int32_t or u_long to meet the spec.  u_int is only guaranteed
> to be 16 bits by POSIX and/or ISO C.

u_int is guaranteed to be at least 32 bits by the FreeBSD API, which
is the relevant reference in these mailing-lists.

-GAWollman

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