Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Upcast size_t variables to uintmax_t when printing

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 08:05:04AM +0100, tboegi@web.de wrote:

> From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
> 
> When printing variables which contain a size, today "unsigned long"
> is used at many places.
> In order to be able to change the type from "unsigned long" into size_t
> some day in the future, we need to have a way to print 64 bit variables
> on a system that has "unsigned long" defined to be 32 bit, like Win64.
> 
> Upcast all those variables into uintmax_t before they are printed.
> This is to prepare for a bigger change, when "unsigned long"
> will be converted into size_t for variables which may be > 4Gib.

I like the overall direction. I feel a little funny doing this step now,
and not as part of a series to convert individual variables. But I
cannot offhand think of any reason that it would behave badly even if
the other part does not materialize

-Peff