Re: [PATCH 07/14] csum-file: define hashwrite's count as a uint32_t

From: Ezekiel Newren <ezekielnewren@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 28, 2025, 17:22 UTC
Message-ID: <CAH=ZcbDYq1A79rNmFULtwPMM2z+4zBH-DCgCFOEA4Pt1D76Swg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20251027004404.2152927-8-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>

On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:

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> We want to call this code from Rust and ensure that the types are the
> same for compatibility, which is easiest to do if the type is a fixed
> size.  Since unsigned int is 32 bits on all the platforms we care about,
> define it as a uint32_t instead.

I'm always in favor of converting to unambiguous types.

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