Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: xseek(y,z,0) .vs. xseek(y,z,1) Message-ID: <1988Jun7.162241.14545@utzoo.uucp> Keywords: How does it work? Is one faster? Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <6463@shamash.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 88 16:22:41 GMT In most implementations it isn't going to make any difference, because the 1 case is converted into the 0 case before anything else is done. It's strictly a convenience issue, unless your files are so huge that a long isn't big enough to describe them. -- "For perfect safety... sit on a fence| Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology and watch the birds." --Wilbur Wright| {ihnp4,decvax,uunet!mnetor}!utzoo!henry