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Re: [Chicken-users] Large file support
From: |
Alan Post |
Subject: |
Re: [Chicken-users] Large file support |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:13:42 -0600 |
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 09:59:08AM -0400, Mario domenech Goulart wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is compiling Chicken with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 considered safe on 32bit
> platforms? I've quickly tried it on Linux/x86 and it seems to work
> fine.
>
> Is there anything I should be aware regarding to this setting?
>
The only issue that comes to mind for me is if someone were not
using an off_t when seeking on a file descriptor, which could cause
integer overflow.
But that would be a bug and you should find it and fix it. :-D
-Alan
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