Re: CVS commit: src/sys/sys

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 05:30:31PM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> Module Name:  src
> Committed By: christos
> Date:         Sat Mar 17 21:30:30 UTC 2012
> 
> Modified Files:
>       src/sys/sys: types.h
> 
> Log Message:
> PR/44847: Jukka Ruohonen: blksize_t should be signed.
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/sys/types.h.html

I dislike the change. What is the justification for requiring this to be
signed? There are good reasons for having it be unsigned, e.g. getting
more efficient code by default.

Joerg