> But isn't the bigger issue that sys/types.h isn't guaranteed to contain > a declaration of ssize_t? And that when sys/types.h isn't available > we don't get ssize_t from it either?
Some targets seem to get it indirectly from stdio.h As far as I know, darwin is the only platform broken currently, and the patch is definitely an improvement there. > That said, maybe we're fine with this but then I walk back and say > just unconditionally include sys/types.h ... It is included unconditionally in other headers, yes. > Should be Davids say as he added this API. Agreed, but a version of the patch was original proposed in January by Iain Sandoe, and I have proposed and pinged another version since May 2nd, and got no response from him. It is breaking build on a FX
