Re: composition bug

[Stefan Monnier]

> I'm always confused by int and EMACS_INT.  "struct it" and
> "struct text_pos" in dispextern.h uses "int" for
> buffer/string positions, and xdisp.c calls functions in
> composite.c with those values.  So, there exist mixture of
> int and EMACS_INT.  Shouldn't all of them use EMACS_INT for
> positions (and perhaps for string length)?

Yes.  It's important for buffers (or strings) larger than 2GB.
We probably don't need to worry about strings larger than 2GB for a few
more years, but for buffers it's worthwhile to take it into account.


        Stefan