Re: [RFA] compilation error in remote.c on sparc-solaris

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at specifix dot com>]

On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:01 -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 10:55:01AM -0800, Michael Snyder wrote:
> > > Variable pid is defined as follow:
> > > 
> > >   pid_t pid;
> > > 
> > > I think it's good enough to change its type to "int". I've never seen
> > > a PID that's larger than 7 digits, so an int should always be big enough.
> > > In any case, that's what the pid_t structure uses for the pid.
> > 
> > Why not just cast it?
> 
> Because it's not a pid_t, it's an int.  pid_t is the type of a process
> on the host system and we're not talking to any host system processes
> here.

Good answer.  ;-)