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Re: Re: xchat 1.9.4 (devel)
Theres a point - forgot about that ;)
>On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 18:29:51 +0000
>"Craig Edwards" <brain@brainbox.winbot.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> > - Make DCC support up to 4GB files (previously 2GB).
>>
>> Is there any possible way to use __int64 (*grin* just a suggestion -
>> you never know what users may want to dcc each other, or how fast the
>> internet may be in a few years time)
>
>It doesn't work. The dcc protocol specifies that the receiving end sends
>acknowledgement packets back to the sender, and those ack packets
>contain the number of bytes received so far, and this number is sent as
>32-bit integer (4 bytes). Increasing this to 64 bit would confuse every
>irc client out there.
>
>Richard
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