Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 16:55:01 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: swapping bytes, fpos_t Message-ID: <20010626165501.B549@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20010626130659.400C437B405@hub.freebsd.org>; from 3d@hub.freebsd.org on Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 06:06:59AM -0700 References: <20010626130659.400C437B405@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 06:06:59AM -0700, Marc van Woerkom wrote: > Oh yes, and I used fpos_t in all parts of libdvdread, > that were used for seeking. > Is this ugly, should better use the uint64 type > burried deep with the machine dependent headers? > What is good coding practice here? For seeking, use off_t. It is a 64-bit signed integer. If you need real 64-bit offsets (unsigned), then you might use uoff_t; but off_t should be enough, and it *is* the standard type for seek offsets. G'luck, Peter -- Thit sentence is not self-referential because "thit" is not a word. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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