It was correct on linux, but not OSX or FreeBSD. Fixed. On Aug 23, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> ssize_t appears to be incorrectly defined in types.d, which unistd.d imports. > It is supposed to be a "signed" size_t, whereas there are aliases in it that > make it size_t. For example, OSX's /usr/include files definite set it to be a > long, not a size_t as set in types.d. It looks like all the aliases need to > be double checked. > > Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> I tried the uninspired name ssize_t; the problem is it conflicted with >> unistd.d and I couldn't disambiguate due to what seems to be a compiler bug. >> >> I meant to use sizediff_t as a temporary until we settle on a final >> solution. When we do, I'll replace that symbol with whatever we settle for. >> >> >> Andrei >> >> On 08/22/2010 05:14 PM, Walter Bright wrote: >>> But now we have: >>> >>> ptrdiff_t >>> sizediff_t >>> ssize_t >>> >>> all aliased to the same type. What's the rationale for when one uses which? >>> >>> dsource.org wrote: >>>> phobos commit, revision 1924 >>>> >>>> >>>> user: andrei >>>> >>>> msg: >>>> replaced ssize_t with sizediff_t >>>> >>>> http://www.dsource.org/projects/phobos/changeset/1924 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> phobos mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> phobos mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos >> _______________________________________________ >> phobos mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos >> >> > _______________________________________________ > phobos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
