any update on large file support for linux?

Lars Holowko lars.holowko at gmail.com
Tue Sep 7 10:13:52 PDT 2010


On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>> I did not realize that 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 6 turns negative and then
>> gets converted to a negative long (without even a warning). Overseeing
>> that had killed my own efforts to hack 64-bit support into phobos ;-)
>>
> Hmmm... the compiler could and should warn about integer overflow in
> computed constant. I suggest you file this as an improvement in bugzilla.
>
> Glad to hear large files are working for you.
>
>
> Andrei
>

I filed an enhancement request
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4835 as Andrei had
recommended.

Lars


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