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Re: fseeko bug
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: fseeko bug |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:25:58 -0500 (EST) |
Eric Blake writes:
>
> There are two reasons for fseeko. One is for platforms that lack it. But
> the other is for POSIX compliance for the requirement to position the
> underlying fd offset when seeking on input streams (many BSD-based
> implementations only follow the C99 rules, where such behavior is
> undefined; but several GNU programs rely on the POSIX semantics where such
> behavior is well-defined).
Ah, that makes sense. I had missed that nuance of the POSIX spec.
-Larry Jones
I think my cerebellum just fused. -- Calvin
- Re: fseeko bug, (continued)
Re: fseeko bug, Eric Blake, 2007/12/15
Re: fseeko bug, Eric Blake, 2007/12/16