Re: [PATCH v4 09/11] pack-objects: shrink size field in struct object_entry

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 16, 2018, 21:34 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpo43zoul.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmuz7242v.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Also, don't we want to use uintmax_t throughout the callchain?  How
> would the code in this series work when your ulong is 32-bit?

My own answer to this question is "no conversion to uintmax_t, at least not in this series." As long as the original code uses "unsigned long", this series also should, I think.

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