Re: pid_t data type

"jason.cipriani@xxxxxxxxx" <jason.cipriani@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Mar 18, 5:48 am, Rainer Weikusat <rweiku...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[snip]

Does it say somewhere that pid_t will never be a pointer type, or some
other type, like a float (which, while strange, is fine since it's
hidden behind the typedef)?

It does:

Additionally:

[...]


blksize_t, pid_t, and ssize_t shall be signed integer types.

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