Re: feature suggestion: how to figure out specific size types.

[Keith Bostic]

> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
>
>> Another example are applications that are written (correctly)
>> to use ssize_t.  If the system has a size_t, but not a ssize_t,
>> to what type do you typedef the ssize_t?
>
> Most people use AC_CHECK_TYPE(ssize_t, int).  This relies on the
> autoconf 2.50 AC_CHECK_TYPE, which includes unistd.h if available.  I
> don't know of any (necessarily old and pre-POSIX) system lacking
> ssize_t where 'int' does not work.

Yes, that's what I used to use as well.

Bless their furry little hearts, Win/64 has a 64-bit size_t,
no ssize_t, and a 32-bit int.

Regards,
--keith

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