Re: 64 bit integers in Expat 2.0?

Nick MacDonald wrote:

>I'm guessing that people that need to support huge files (>2GB) generally
>know this.  You could add some simple checking in the code.
>
>When the file is first opened, do a stat on it and see if its too huge, and
>large file support not enabled:
>
>#ifndef EXPAT_HUGE_FILE_SUPPORT
>if currentFileSize() >0xffffffff then
>{
>  return warningOrErrorCode;
>}
>#endif
>  
>
There is just one problem: Expat doesn't know about files.

>
>Otherwise you just make a suitable type and hope that people writing new
>code are willing to adapt:
>
>#ifdef EXPAT_HUGE_FILE_SUPPORT
>typedef uint64 xmlFilePos_t;
>#else
>typedef unit32 xmlFilePos_t;
>#endif
>  
>

New code doesn't concern me, backward's compatibility does.
But an option to turn 64 bit values on/off might be reasonable.

Karl