In <[log in to unmask]> Frank McConnell <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> Jim Wowchuk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >Can anyone explain why all the IPCxxx() calls on MPE/iX use a 32-bit integer
> >descriptor, yet IO[DONT]WAIT returns a 16-bit integer?
>
> It's like this under MPE V too. Under MPE V at least, NetIPC sockets
> seem to live in the AFT so there's no need to worry about them
> overflowing into the high word.
>
> -Frank McConnell
Small addition: In Jim's original message he mentioned it getting as large
as 32767. It's an unsigned integer; it can be as large as
65535.
-Geoff
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