there is an inconsistency in the implementation of
getconf SSIZE_MAX
vs other symbols like
getconf SIZE_MAX
getconf INT_MAX
getconf UINT_MAX
the inconsistency is that
getconf SIZE_MAX
returns the actual largest value for size_t, whereas
getconf SSIZE_MAX
returns the _POSIX_SSIZE_MAX minmax value, as does
getconf _POSIX_SSIZE_MAX
this shows that getconf is capable of distinguishing between
actual and minmax values:
getconf AIO_LISTIO_MAX => 4096
getconf _POSIX_AIO_LISTIO_MAX => 2 (the minmax value)
man did not reveal a special case for SSIZE_MAX
for consistency "getconf SSIZE_MAX" should return the
largest value for ssize_t
any solaris rationale why it doesn't?
-- Glenn Fowler -- AT&T Research, Florham Park NJ --
