From: "B. K. Oxley (binkley)" <binkley@...>
Date: 2005-04-28T01:22:42+09:00
Subject: Re: node.h and nd_line

B. K. Oxley (binkley) wrote:
> What, then, is the purpose of the nd_line field?  I do not find access 
> of the field in the sources.
> 
> $ find . -type f | xargs grep '\.nd_line'
> $ find . -type f | xargs grep -- '->nd_line'

I see now.  In the 1.8.2 sources, "int node_line" is still int he 
definition of struct RNode; but when I grab the stable-snapshot tarball, 
it is gone.  I suppose it wasn't refactored away for the 1.8.2 build 
although it wasn't used.

I suppose what I can do is replace the unused int (which could be 
64-bits in an ILP model) with one for byte position and leave the 
bit-fiddling alone for the fd_line macros.  (Technically, the type 
should be what ever the seek call uses on a given platform; one thing at 
a time.)


Cheers,
--binkley