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Re: [PATCH] Fix ptrdiff_t vs. int

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
May 27, 2005, 18:13 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.58.0505271112240.17402@ppc970.osdl.org>
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On Fri, 27 May 2005, Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer wrote:
> 
> Many thanks. BTW, this is probably completely irrelevant on all 
> real-world machines and calling conventions, but still, lying on the 
> number of arguments in vararg-functions is not my favourite practice.

Only using a subset is guaranteed to work - it's not about "real-world machines", it's about the fact that it's not a C compiler any more if it doesn't work.

		Linus
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Message 9 of 13 in “Fix ptrdiff_t vs. int”
  1. Fix ptrdiff_t vs. intMarkus F.X.J. Oberhumer, May 27, 2005
  2. Danjel McGouganMay 27, 2005
  3. Morten WelinderMay 27, 2005
  4. H. Peter AnvinMay 27, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2005
  7. Markus F.X.J. OberhumerMay 27, 2005
  8. H. Peter AnvinMay 27, 2005
  9. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2005
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2005
  11. Adjust diff-helper to diff-tree -v -z changes.Junio C Hamano, May 28, 2005
  12. Linus TorvaldsMay 29, 2005
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2005

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