Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:14:03 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Martin Str|mberg wrote:

> -extern char *__file_handle_modes;
> +extern unsigned short *__file_handle_modes;

Please don't!  This immediately breaks all existing libraries compiled
with previous versions of this header.

Do we really need a short for each handle?  Did we use up all the 8
bits in the current definition?