Glenn Fowler wrote: > > 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?
CC:'ing Don Cragun&&April for help... Don/April: Is it possible that this is a bug in Solaris /usr/bin/getconf ? ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
