From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA00369; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:27:27 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA00669 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:27:26 +0100 (MET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h2JKRHf04831; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:27:17 +0100 (MET) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA00844; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:27:16 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:27:16 +0100 From: Xavier Leroy To: Shivkumar Chandrasekaran Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Unix.lseek versus Pervasives.pos Message-ID: <20030319212716.C32415@pauillac.inria.fr> References: <46CF368E-5912-11D7-8289-000A95773ED2@rouaix.org> <8FFDCB16-5968-11D7-B77E-000393942C76@ece.ucsb.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <8FFDCB16-5968-11D7-B77E-000393942C76@ece.ucsb.edu>; from shiv@ece.ucsb.edu on Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 09:39:25AM -0800 X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 lseek:01 pervasives:01 3.05:01 3.06:01 largefile:01 ocaml:01 unix:02 module:03 versions:06 mixing:07 wish:89 seem:10 convenient:11 leroy:12 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > It would seem to me that it would be convenient to have 64 bit versions > of seek_in, seek_out, pos_in, pos_out in the Pervasives module. This > would help decouple the Pervasives I/O module a little more from the > Unix module. You wish was granted in OCaml 3.05 and 3.06: module Pervasives.LargeFile. And, yes, not mixing Pervasives I/O with Unix I/O is recommended, unless you enjoy puzzles :-) - Xavier Leroy ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners