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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Correct some sizeof(size_t) != sizeof(unsigned long) typing errors

From
Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
Date
Oct 21, 2007, 10:31 UTC
Message-ID
<20071021103132.GA25741@artemis.corp>
In-Reply-To
<471B1AA5.8070009@lsrfire.ath.cx>
On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 09:23:49AM +0000, René Scharfe wrote:
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> > Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
> > ---
> >  builtin-apply.c   |    2 +-
> >  builtin-archive.c |    2 +-
> >  diff.c            |    4 ++--
> >  entry.c           |    2 +-
> >  strbuf.h          |    8 +++++++-
> >  test-delta.c      |    3 ++-
> >  6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> I have a feeling this is going in then wrong direction.  Shouldn't
> we rather use size_t everywhere?  malloc() takes a size_t, and it's
> the basis of strbuf and also of the file content functions.
  I agree, Junio was working on a patch that generalized use of size_t's
when unsigned long where used and size_t meant, I suppose he didn't had
the time to push it.
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·O·  Pierre Habouzit
··O                                                madcoder@debian.org
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  1. 2/2 Correct some sizeof(size_t) != sizeof(unsigned long) typing errorsShawn O. Pearce, Oct 21, 2007
  2. René ScharfeOct 21, 2007
  3. Pierre HabouzitOct 21, 2007
  4. Shawn O. PearceOct 22, 2007

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