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<<On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 14:38:25 -0500 (EST), I wrote:

> I think the answer is that it is possible for the implementation to
> declare those interfaces by using another type known by the
> implementation to be equivalent to ssize_t.

Oh, and I forgot one thing: the implementation is *always* permitted
to define any types ending in `_t' in any standard header.  A quality
implementation will avoid defining types (and other identifiers) which
it may be allowed to define but clients of the header should not
depend upon.

-GAWollman


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