Defect in XBD gethostid

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Problem:

Edition of Specification (Year): 2004

Defect code :  1. Error

See:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/gethostid.html

The gethostid() function returns a long.

The description states:
        The gethostid() function shall retrieve
        a 32-bit identifier for the current host.

On 64-bit systems 'long' is 64-bit, not 32-bit.


Action:

The documentation some clarification. A 32-bit integer does fit into a 64-bit 
integer, but then the standard could specify whether the upper or lower bits 
are filled in.