Re: a question regarding <sys/shm.h>

Pascal Hofstee <caelian@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Any additional sugestions/objections are always greatly appreciated.

On 32-bit platforms (i386, powerpc), int is a 32-bit signed integer
while size_t is a 32-bit unsigned integer.

On 64-bit platforms (amd64, sparc64 etc), int is a 32-bit signed
integer while size_t is a 64-bit unsigned integer.

In both cases, changing this structure member from int to size_t will
break the ABI.

This doesn't mean you shouldn't do it, just that it should be done
with care.

DES
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