From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:44:45 +1100 Message-ID: From: Bruce Ellis To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec501c5aac4160004cf0d49ed Subject: Re: [9fans] go forth and ulong no more! Topicbox-Message-UUID: ddb80282-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --bcaec501c5aac4160004cf0d49ed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 heads up! uintptr in all over the go packages because it is right. i'd like an example of where usize wins, as it has to be same as uintptr. what is sizeof(x)? struct { char stuff[8 * GB]; } x; quite a reasonable but rookie decl in 64 bit land. brucee On 22 November 2012 13:35, Charles Forsyth wrote: > I meant, rarely used, and not at all outside the kernel. > Inside that kernel it's quite useful. > > On 22 November 2012 02:33, Charles Forsyth > wrote: > > [uintmem as a size] and of little use. > > -- Don't meddle in the mouth -- MVS (0416935147, +1-513-3BRUCEE) --bcaec501c5aac4160004cf0d49ed Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable heads up! uintptr in all over the go packages because it is right. i'd = like an example of where usize wins, as it has to be same as uintptr. what = is sizeof(x)?

struct {
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 char stuf= f[8 * GB];
} x;

quite a reasonable but rookie decl in 64= bit land.

brucee
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On 22 November 2012 13:35, Charles Forsy= th <charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:
I meant, rarely used, and not at all outside= the kernel.
Inside that kernel it's quite useful.

On 22 November 2012 02:33, Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:
> [uintmem as a size] and of little use.




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