Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] zlib.c: use size_t for size

> On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 04:03:48PM +0100, Ramsay Jones wrote:
> 
>>> So I kind of wonder if a comment would be better than xsize_t here.
>>> Something like:
>>>
>>>   if (avail > len) {
>>> 	/*
>>> 	 * This can never truncate because we know that len is smaller
>>> 	 * than avail, which is already a size_t.
>>> 	 */
>>> 	avail = (size_t)len;
>>>   }
>>
>> Heh, you are, of course, correct! (that will learn me[1]). :-D
>>
>> Hmm, let's see if I can muster the enthusiasm to do all that
>> testing again!
> 
> For the record, I am not opposed to including the comment _and_ using
> xsize_t() to do the cast, giving us an assertion that the comment is
> correct.