Re: Preferring ptrdiff_t to ssize_t

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:04:20 -0700
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> 
> Since the variable's initializer is of type 'int', how about simply declaring 
> the variable to be 'int' as well?

Done.

> > 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.

No, my changes were radically different from r117993.  I _added_ code,
including the variable in question, as part of fixing a clear and
present bug.