[M3devel] what to do about file sizes being 32bits?

[Tony Hosking]

On 7 Jan 2010, at 08:52, Olaf Wagner wrote:

> Well, I don't think that should be any practical problem right now,

> shouldn't it? But 32 bit offsets have been overcome for years even
> on 32 bit systems, so I definitely think we should keep the LONGINT
> type and even try to incompatibly change the internal file length
> type (with due care and consideration of course).

I think I am now persuaded LONGINT should stay.  But, I don't understand what "incompatibly change the internal file length
type (with due care and consideration of course)" means?

> 
> And please not for the still unfinished release, but for the next
> one.
> 
> Olaf
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