@PeterLawrey @RichardWarburto Long indexed access raises a whole heap of issues we wanted to avoid. I wish Java had unsigned long arrays.
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Replying to @mjpt777
@mjpt777@RichardWarburto since most systems are limited to 48-bit virtual address spaces a 63-bit offset is fine I think.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PeterLawrey
@PeterLawrey@RichardWarburto Signed problem is error cases. What is a negative offset?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mjpt777
@mjpt777@peterlawrey@richardwarburto I still don't understand why off_t and off64_t are signed. Could have returned e.g UINT64_MAX for err2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @markpapadakis
@markpapadakis@mjpt777@RichardWarburto an overflow in a calculation of a signed value is easier to detect than in an unsigned one.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PeterLawrey
@PeterLawrey@markpapadakis@RichardWarburto It is still imperfect with signed.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mjpt777
@mjpt777@markpapadakis@RichardWarburto there should be better ways to detect overflows.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PeterLawrey
@PeterLawrey@markpapadakis@RichardWarburto There are but Java does not employ them.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mjpt777
@mjpt777@PeterLawrey@markpapadakis there was support added for safe intrinsified arithmetic operations in Java 8.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @RichardWarburto
@RichardWarburto@PeterLawrey@markpapadakis Interesting. Got a link?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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