On 02/13/2017 01:50 PM, David Requena wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having a hard time understanding size_t size, size_t nmemb
> parameters of this callback.
>
> I understand actual data size is size * nmemb but why have it
> decomposed like this? IOW: what are size and nmemb meant to convey
> themselves?
>
The callback function prototype is compatible with the standard C
procedure fwrite (https://linux.die.net/man/3/fwrite), which is the
default write procedure (note that the default write data pointer is
stdout). The parameters semantics is the same. See exlanation there.

Patrick
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