On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 11:46:02AM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Nicolas Williams wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 11:24:02AM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > >>>> (Also, IIRC stdio is supposed to handle > 256 file pointers on 64-bit.) > >> Yes, the 256 FILE stdio limit is lifted in 64-bit. The other main > > > > Wait a minute. Our stdio does not support more than 256 open FILEs if > > you use it right > > If you mean "does now", then yes, if you write non-portable code specific
Argh. Silly typo. > to Solaris, using the interfaces in PSARC 2006/162, then you can get stdio > to open more than 256 FILEs at once. If you build 64-bit, code > using standard stdio syntax common to all platforms just works without > change to open > 256 FILEs. True enough.
