Re: largefile64 on ports

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Kevin Ryde <address@hidden> writes:

> Perceiving a distinct lack of enthusiasm for extending the port
> descriptor I added the 64 bits just for fports, with scm_seek and
> scm_truncate calling direct to fport functions on finding that type.
> Exposing the same to applications can wait for another time, perhaps
> when instantiating port descriptors is actually documented.

So file ports now use the 64-bit API when available.  By "just for
fports", I think you referred to the fact that you were initially
planning to add `64' variants of all the methods that are part of
`scm_t_ptob_descriptor', right?

OTOH, would the latter be very necessary?  Can't we just someday break
the ABI and use 64-bit types in `scm_t_ptob_descriptor'?

In any case: thanks for working on it!  ;-)

Ludovic.