32bit to 64bit conversion.


 
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Old 08-11-2008
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Originally Posted by Sivaswami
better to use #ifdef's instead of all these issues
I disagree for the following reasons:
1. #ifdef makes code harder to read.
2. You now need to maintain two versions.
3. What happens when you need to compile for yet another platform or OS? You add another ifdef/else combination making the code more ureadable and harder to maintain.
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TYPES(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual							  TYPES(5)

NAME
types -- system data types SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> DESCRIPTION
The file sys/types.h contains the defined data types used in the kernel (most are used through out the system). #ifndef _TYPES_H_ #define _TYPES_H_ typedef short dev_t; #ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE /* major part of a device */ #define major(x) ((int)(((unsigned)(x)>>8)&0377)) /* minor part of a device */ #define minor(x) ((int)((x)&0377)) /* make a device number */ #define makedev(x,y) ((dev_t)(((x)<<8) | (y))) #endif typedef unsigned char u_char; typedef unsigned short u_short; typedef unsigned int u_int; typedef unsigned long u_long; typedef unsigned short ushort; /* Sys V compatibility */ #if !defined(_ANSI_SOURCE) && !defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) #include <machine/types.h> #endif #ifdef _CLOCK_T_ typedef _CLOCK_T_ clock_t; #undef _CLOCK_T_ #endif #ifdef _SIZE_T_ typedef _SIZE_T_ size_t; #undef _SIZE_T_ #endif #ifdef _TIME_T_ typedef _TIME_T_ time_t; #undef _TIME_T_ #endif typedef u_int64_t u_quad_t; typedef int64_t quad_t typedef quad_t * qaddr_t; /* should be typedef quad * qaddr_t; */ typedef long daddr_t; typedef char * caddr_t; #ifdef _DARWIN_FEATURE_64_BIT_INODE typedef u_int64_t ino_t; #else /* !_DARWIN_FEATURE_64_BIT_INODE */ typedef u_int ino_t; #endif /* _DARWIN_FEATURE_64_BIT_INODE */ typedef long swblk_t; typedef long segsz_t; typedef int64_t off_t; typedef u_int uid_t; typedef u_int gid_t; typedef int pid_t; typedef u_short nlink_t; typedef u_short mode_t; typedef u_long fixpt_t; #ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE #define NBBY 8 /* number of bits in a byte */ /* * Select uses bit masks of file descriptors in longs. These macros * manipulate such bit fields (the filesystem macros use chars). * FD_SETSIZE may be defined by the user, but the default here should * be >= NOFILE (param.h). */ #ifndef FD_SETSIZE #define FD_SETSIZE 1024 #endif typedef long fd_mask; #define NFDBITS (sizeof(fd_mask) * NBBY) /* bits per mask */ #ifndef howmany #define howmany(x, y) (((x)+((y)-1))/(y)) #endif typedef struct fd_set { fd_mask fds_bits[howmany(FD_SETSIZE, NFDBITS)]; } fd_set; #define FD_SET(n, p) ((p)->fds_bits[(n)/NFDBITS] |= (1 << ((n) % NFDBITS))) #define FD_CLR(n, p) ((p)->fds_bits[(n)/NFDBITS] &= ~(1 << ((n) % NFDBITS))) #define FD_ISSET(n, p) ((p)->fds_bits[(n)/NFDBITS] & (1 << ((n) % NFDBITS))) #define FD_COPY(f, t) bcopy(f, t, sizeof(*(f))) #define FD_ZERO(p) bzero((char *)(p), sizeof(*(p))) #endif /* !_POSIX_SOURCE */ #endif /* !_TYPES_H_ */ SEE ALSO
adb(1), lseek(2), time(3), fs(5) HISTORY
A types file appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. Darwin May 15, 2008 Darwin