Re: ssize_t vs win64 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ssize_t vs win64
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Msg-id 20716.1262475380@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: ssize_t vs win64  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: ssize_t vs win64  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 00:20, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
>> Seems kind of buggy. �They shouldn't be defining it at all.

> Why not? Should they just stop using it? In that case, so should we, no?

What's buggy is M$ failing to provide it in their <sys/types.h> header.
It's unlikely they'll pay any attention to our opinions, however.

I think the Python guys are up against the same problem as us, namely
substituting for the platform's failure to define the type.
        regards, tom lane


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