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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-01-28 22:09:12 +0000
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Update.
1999-01-28 David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com> * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/__longjmp.S: Rewrite without bogus sanity checks and aborts, to make longjmp based thread schemes work again.
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@@ -140,18 +140,17 @@ bits wide and so a de-factor standard required 32 bit variables. This
is important since references to variables of this type are passed to
the kernel.
-But now the POSIX people came and unified the interface with their words
+But then the POSIX people came and unified the interface with the words
"all size values are of type @code{size_t}". But on 64 bit machines
-@code{size_t} is 64 bits wide and so variable references are not anymore
+@code{size_t} is 64 bits wide, and so variable references are not anymore
possible.
-A solution is provided by the Unix98 specification which finally
-introduces a type @code{socklen_t}. This type is used in all of the
-cases that were previously changed to use @code{size_t}. The only
-requirement of this type is that it is an unsigned type of at least 32
-bits. Therefore, implementations which require references to 32 bit
-variables be passed can be as happy as implementations which use right
-from the start 64 bit values.
+The Unix98 specification provides a solution by introducing a type
+@code{socklen_t}. This type is used in all of the cases that POSIX
+changed to use @code{size_t}. The only requirement of this type is that
+it be an unsigned type of at least 32 bits. Therefore, implementations
+which require that references to 32 bit variables be passed can be as
+happy as implementations which use 64 bit values.
@node Communication Styles