Re: Migrating to larger numbers

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
31 May 1999 05:55:55 GMT


Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9905301039500.7057-100000@52-a-usw.rb1.blv.nwnexus.net>
By author: Tim Smith <tzs@tzs.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> How many problems would be introduced by making them both 128 bits and
> using the UUID algorithm to generate uids and gids?
>

Massive problems: POSIX requires that these types be integral types,
and there is no 128-bit integral type supported by any existing
compiler.

-hpa

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