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Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] date.c: Fix type conversation warnings from msvc

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Jan 27, 2025, 07:26 UTC
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On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 01:58:50PM +0100, Sören Krecker wrote:
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> Fix compiler warnings from msvc in date.c for value truncation from 64
> bit to 32 bit integers.
> 
> Also switch from int to size_t for all variables with result of strlen()
> which cannot become negative.

As far as I can see this patch only does the latter and doesn't do the former, so the commit message seems inaccurate to me.

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> diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
> index a1b26a8dce..0a3fafc8a4 100644
> --- a/date.c
> +++ b/date.c
> @@ -1270,8 +1270,8 @@ static const char *approxidate_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, struct tm
>  
>  	tl = typelen;
>  	while (tl->type) {
> -		int len = strlen(tl->type);
> -		if (match_string(date, tl->type) >= len-1) {
> +		size_t len = strlen(tl->type);
> +		if (match_string(date, tl->type)+1 >= len) {

Formatting is off here, there should be spaces around `+`, even though you simply followed previous style. It would be nice to point out why this change is makde in the commit message.

Patrick
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Message 2 of 4 in “date.c: Fix type conversation warnings from msvc”
  1. 2/4 date.c: Fix type conversation warnings from msvcSören Krecker, Jan 26, 2025
  2. Patrick SteinhardtJan 27, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2025
  4. Patrick SteinhardtJan 28, 2025

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