From: Martin Stromberg <eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
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Subject: Re: Bug000323
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:55:00 +0100 (MET)
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> > -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.

Now he tells me! Couldn't you had said anything earlier. Now I've been
testing this rather extensively, which I'll have to do again...

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

Probably not.


Right,

						MartinS