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

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

The following reply was made to PR lib/39215; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner%fz-juelich.de@localhost>
To: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, lib-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        dholland%eecs.harvard.edu@localhost
Subject: Re: lib/39215: getdevmajor()/major() types don't match 
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:34:28 +0200

 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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