[Bug libc/13575] SSIZE_MAX defined as LONG_MAX is inconsistent with SIZE_MAX, when __WORDSIZE != 64

joseph at codesourcery dot com sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org
Mon Jan 9 11:57:00 GMT 2012


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13575

--- Comment #1 from joseph at codesourcery dot com <joseph at codesourcery dot com> 2012-01-09 11:56:18 UTC ---
There is no guarantee that ssize_t is the signed type corresponding to 
size_t - and you can't safely change types between int and long because 
that would change the C++ name mangling.

-- 
Configure bugmail: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.



More information about the Glibc-bugs mailing list