Re: g_io_channel_seek() offset

[rsteinke w-link net]

From: Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>
>
>
> What do people think about
>
> GIOError  g_io_channel_seek     (GIOChannel    *channel,
> -			         glong          offset, 
> +			         gint64         offset, 
> 			         GSeekType      type);
>
> Shouldn't break source compatibility, we now make int64 support
> mandatory. (And we don't provide public API for creating
> new IO channel types so, the corresponding vtable entries rqaen't
> a problem.)
>
> See:
>
>  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71410

Well, for one thing, you should be looking at g_io_channel_seek_position()
instead, since g_io_channel_seek() is deprecated.

Ron Steinke