Re: multiple file processing doesn't work on sparc64

[Stepan Kasal]

Hi,

On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 03:41:03PM +0300, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> No.  It's better to use long, which is at least 32 bits; int can
> be 16 on some systems.  Repeat after me:
> 
>       No arbitrary limits.

OK, so the current gawk is not able to process 2^16 _input_ files on such
systems (see static int files in nextfile() in io.c), yet we think of a
possibility that it may be fed by 2^16 _source_ files.

The above rule would mean that we have to use "long" for most of int
variables.

OK, I'll try to adapt to this kind of thinking...

Stepan