[erlang-patches] Correctly type sctp_assoc_id [Was: [erlang-patches] SCTP improvements]

[Simon Cornish]

Hi Raimo,

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Raimo Niskanen
raimo+erlang-patches-at-erix.ericsson.se wrote:
>> > You could if so inclined interpret it to be a struct
>>
>> Unfortunately the draft suggests this also.
>
> Really, where? (I looked for any clue...)

The second paragraph of section 8 explicitly refers to it as a structure.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpsocket-19#section-8

And I think there are some more vague references later in that section.

Practically speaking though, for the major platforms that Erlang runs
on it's a 32-bit identifier - Linux & Solaris both use a signed int,
and the user-loadable extensions for Mac & Windows use an unsigned int
(although I'm not familiar with the Windows implementation to say if
it could actually return a value > 2^31 like the Mac NKE does).

I see from Björn's "What's cooking" email that you have already
implemented a solution. Thanks for taking care of it. I will endeavour
to get the new non-blocking connect committed before the start of next
week.

Regards,
 Simon