Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 13:14:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 Message-ID: <200110272014.f9RKEkj56354@apollo.backplane.com> References: <20011027201203.294B839F0@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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:> :Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
:>
:> I think the absolute worst that can happen is that moving time_t to
:> 64 bits will have the same sort of impact on ports that moving off_t to
:> 64 bits had. I don't recall the off_t change as causing any significant
:> pain. FreeBSD had it from the get-go, but most of our ports were
:> compiled on systems with 32 bit off_t's.
:
:Glad you mentioned the off_t problem.. We're *still* finding off_t bugs
:in *OUR OWN CODE*!! How long has off_t been long long? Nearly 8 years now
:and we're *still* finding them!
:
:Cheers,
:-Peter
And I'm sure there are still K&R problems too. The point is that
off_t being 64 bits has not posed a serious problem in at least 5 years,
probably longer. It's completely off the radar screen.
Are you seriously proposing that we change off_t back to 32 bits because
of the minor little off-the-radar-almost-don't-matter bugs that come up
every now and again? No?
-Matt
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