Re: Preferring ptrdiff_t to ssize_t

[Paul Eggert]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> The value in question is being
> passed to realloc, which accepts an argument of type size_t.  I needed
> a signed type of the same width, so I've chosen ssize_t.

ssize_t is not necessarily the same width as size_t.

Since the variable's initializer is of type 'int', how about simply declaring 
the variable to be 'int' as well?  That would avoid confusion caused by 
ssize_t's appearing out of the blue, and would fit better with Emacs's general 
preference for using the type 'int' for smallish integer values.

> I wish you'd discuss these issues before making changes

The issue is so minor it didn't seem worth discussing.  I assumed you thought so 
too, as your recent change introduced ssize_t there without discussing the 
matter either.  But as you say, this point is moot now.