Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 16:58:12 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r215178 - in head: lib/libc/sys sys/kern sys/sys Message-ID: <BANLkTim_nXtzka-fQpJKSkS6kGxCKZo4_g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinpfy-V79k0mgezJV6QpuUWMG3uOZ0hTY2tN4Rf@mail.gmail.com> References: <201011121302.oACD2Qjt009385@svn.freebsd.org> <AANLkTinpfy-V79k0mgezJV6QpuUWMG3uOZ0hTY2tN4Rf@mail.gmail.com>
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On 15 November 2010 19:56, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: > While at it, why not intptr_t? It would be marginally more useful and > almost free. Because it can lead to code choices that use the whole 64 bit space for something other than a single 32 bit integer (say, four 16 bit words all packed together) which suddenly finds itself breaking on 32 bit platforms. Not that any fine FreeBSD programmers would make such a mistake. :) I agree with Luigi. Adrian
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