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List:       hurd-bug
Subject:    Re: diskfs.h `filepointer' type
From:       Roland McGrath <roland () frob ! com>
Date:       2004-09-30 18:21:41
Message-ID: 20040930182141.9883F1924A () perdition ! linnaean ! org
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>    We use loff_t in the .defs files for clarity, though they are the
>    same as the Hurd sources are compiled.
> 
> So loff_t in .defs, and off_t everywhere else?  Or off_t everywhere?
> 
> I prefer the last one.

off_t sometimes differs and loff_t never does.  The Hurd sources themselves
have to be compiled with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64, but not every user of the
.defs files must do that.


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