Re: pid_t data type

Sanchit wrote:

pid_t is a data type defines in types.h
but is it realy necessary to use it.. I mean it is a signed integer
type only..

Perhaps. In any case, what /size/ (or type, if you will) of integer is it?
Is it a short int, an int, a long int, or a long long int?

then why should pid_t be used??

So that you don't /have/ to know what type of integer the implementation
uses for a pid value.


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