Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcvax!guido From: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Another pointer size problem Message-ID: <5705@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 09:17:55 EST Article-I.D.: mcvax.5705 Posted: Fri Feb 24 09:17:55 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Feb-84 00:27:13 EST References: <4102@ukc.UUCP> Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 16 Let's stop the whole debate about pointer sizes. Can't we rely on lint for pointing out nonportable pointer use? In spite of all the alledged "lint problems" recently found in this group, it is perfectly capable of doing THAT! P.S. How ofthen do YOU write read(fd, &y, sizeof(y)); in programs that are supposed to be portable? I for me prefer using the standard I/O library. Guido van Rossum, {philabs,decvax}!mcvax!guido Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, (CWI, formerly MC), Amsterdam "Not afraid of writing it twice"