Re: Is there a payoff for using Large File API?
"Alona" <allab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a payoff for using Large File API? Why, for example, wouldn't
one use xxx64() functions in all cases rather than considering either
to use 32-bit or 64-bit API.
Binary compatibility. For example, 32-bit libraries
that use the large file API are not binary compatible
with 32-bit libraries that use the old 32-bit API.
Thomas
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