Re: [PATCH 8/5] combine-diff.c: use strbuf_readlink()

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

-			result[len] = 0;
+			result_size = buf.len;
+			result = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);

If result_size was made size_t, this would be

	result = strbuf_detach(&buf, &result_size);

But whether it makes any difference, I dunno.

Yeah, use of "unsigned long" where "size_t" could be more appropriate
stems from the very initial commit e83c516 (Initial revision of "git", the
information manager from hell, 2005-04-07) and it is everywhere, and
updating them one by one like you suggest would take forever ;-)

Perhaps libgit2 would settle with a better typing system.  The original
draft by Shawn looked a bit too overengineered in its use of typedefs, but
if I recall correctly later revisions were made saner.  I haven't checked
its current status.