Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Next size_t stop: pack-objects/delta

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <[email protected]>
writes:

> This patch series continues the effort to stop using unsigned long where
> size_t should have been used in the first place. This makes a difference on
> 64-bit Windows, where unsigned long is 32-bit.
>
> With these fixes, the pack-objects machinery works as intended on 64-bit
> Windows (and any other 64-bit platform where unsigned long isn't 64-bit).
>
> Changes since v2:
>
>  * Now zlib_cap_buf() is also widened in this patch series (I had left this
>    for a later one, originally).
>  * The unpack_object_header_buffer() function is now also widened in this
>    here patch series.

Both changes relative to v1 are just as expected.  Nicely corrected.

>   7:  ca928b4579 !  7:  e4528f9034 packfile, git-zlib: widen `use_pack()` and zstream avail fields to `size_t`
>      @@ builtin/pack-objects.c: size_t oe_get_size_slow(struct packing_data *pack,
>        	if (e->type_ != OBJ_OFS_DELTA && e->type_ != OBJ_REF_DELTA) {
>        		size_t sz;
>       
>      + ## git-zlib.c ##
>      +@@ git-zlib.c: static const char *zerr_to_string(int status)
>      + 
>      + /* uLong is 32-bit on Windows, even on 64-bit systems */
>      + #define ULONG_MAX_VALUE maximum_unsigned_value_of_type(uLong)
>      +-static inline uInt zlib_buf_cap(unsigned long len)
>      ++static inline uInt zlib_buf_cap(size_t len)
>      + {
>      + 	return (ZLIB_BUF_MAX < len) ? ZLIB_BUF_MAX : len;
>      + }
>      +
>        ## git-zlib.h ##
>       @@
>        
>   -:  ---------- > 13:  bc4a58336a packfile: widen `unpack_object_header_buffer()` to `size_t`


IIRC, there are some topics in flight that have their own local
workaround for some members this series fixes the type from ulong to
size_t and they may need to be adjusted but in a good way ;-).

Thanks.  Will replace.