Re: gsize vs. size_t
- From: Miroslaw Dobrzanski-Neumann <mne mosaic-ag com>
- To: GTKDEV <gtk-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: gsize vs. size_t
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:20:08 +0100
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 05:37:23PM -0500, Owen Taylor wrote:
>
> Joel Becker <jlbec evilplan org> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 04:39:20PM +0100, Miroslaw Dobrzanski-Neumann wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > I get the followin errors when compiling on AIX
> > >
> > > it is because size_t is unsigned long and gsize is unsigned int at when calling g_iconv()
> > >
> > > glib-1.3.14/glib/giochannel.c
> > >
> > > xlc_r -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"GLib\" -DG_ENABLE_DEBUG -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGLIB_COMPILATION -I/net/DAGOBERT/dataE3/bef/mne/SYSTEM/include -g -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -c giochannel.c -DPIC
> > > "giochannel.c", line 1246.51: 1506-280 (E) Function argument assignment between types "unsigned int*" and "unsigned long*" is not allowed.
> >
> > Yay ANSI! What's happening here is that configure.in does
> > GLIB_SIZEOF(size_t). That does sizeof(size_t), which is 4 on a 32-bit
> > RS/6000. configure.in then does:
> >
> > case x$glib_size_t in
> > x4) typedef guint32 gsize
> >
> > But because ints are 32 bits, guint32 is typedef unsigned int guint32.
> > So, the resolved typedefs are:
> >
> > typedef unsigned long size_t
> > typedef unsigned int gsize
> >
> > These are the same size (32 bits), but the compiler notices they are
> > different types and is very strict in warning.
> > This isn't going to go away unless glib gets a macro to use the
> > string definition of size_t or something else like that. I don't see it
> > happening in the near term. You can ignore these warnings, or you can
> > hunt up the right -q option to lower your warning level.
>
> I think we can add a special hack to configure to make sure that gsize
> and gssize are defined as long if size_t is defined as long, if someone
> comes up with the appropriate hack.
why just not:
typedef size_t gsize;
Regards,
--
Miroslaw Dobrzanski-Neumann
MOSAIC SOFTWARE AG
Base Development and Research
Tel +49-2225-882-291
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E-mail: mne mosaic-ag com
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