Re: lib/39215: getdevmajor()/major() types don't match

[Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner%fz-juelich.de@localhost>]

christos%zoulas.com@localhost said:
> libc interfaces should use typed return values as opposed to plain
> integral types

OK. But major and minor numbers live in another number space
than dev_t. Solaris and OSF/1 have major_t and minor_t typedefs,
we could do the same.

best regards
Matthias




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