A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
I'm not sure what varnumber_T means: will st.stsize (the dividend) be
wide enough to avoid losing bits on the left?
varnumber_T is int (long if an sizeof(int) <= 3).
st.stsize 's size depends on whether 32bit or 64bit integers are available.
So, its possible to lose bits: pick a small enough unitsize and a large
enough file, st.stsize will end up not being able
to fit into a varnumber_T. After all, unitsize could be 1, and
getfsize() will behave no differently than it does now.
However, unitsize could be 1000000. My patch divides st.stsize by the
unitsize first; presumably in whatever
arithmetic is appropriate for working with st.stsize.
Regards,
Chip Campbell
