Re: CVS update: subversion/subversion/libsvn_subr hashdump.c

On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 04:45:03PM -0800, Matthew Braithwaite wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 04:41:31PM -0800, Greg Stein wrote:
> >
> > apr_size_t exists in case some whacko platform doesn't have a size_t in its
> > header files. Dunno any, but the need was discovered by Apache (at some
> > point in the past) and it just flowed into APR.
> >
> > My guess is that it isn't really needed any more.
>
> Ye gods. size_t is defined by ANSI C. Can't one count on *anything*? :-)

hehe... Python was K&R compliant until just a few months ago (we then
revamped the whole source tree to use prototypes and ANSI-style func defn).

For maximum portability, you have to be wary for tweakiness in the header
files. Sick, yes, but thankfully it isn't much of an imposition.

Cheers,
-g

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Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/