Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Migrating to larger numbers | Date | 31 May 1999 05:55:55 GMT |
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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.
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