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Re: [RFA] compilation error in remote.c on sparc-solaris
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:01 -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 10:55:01AM -0800, Michael Snyder wrote:
> > > Variable pid is defined as follow:
> > >
> > > pid_t pid;
> > >
> > > I think it's good enough to change its type to "int". I've never seen
> > > a PID that's larger than 7 digits, so an int should always be big enough.
> > > In any case, that's what the pid_t structure uses for the pid.
> >
> > Why not just cast it?
>
> Because it's not a pid_t, it's an int. pid_t is the type of a process
> on the host system and we're not talking to any host system processes
> here.
Good answer. ;-)