From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 02:04:35 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: expand: use signed colno
X-Git-Tag: v9.6~109
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6e297e8855085e99b1a910d77bebeadd7925f90d;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

expand: use signed colno

* src/expand-common.h (colno): Now intmax_t, not uintmax_t.
---

diff --git a/src/expand-common.h b/src/expand-common.h
index 5b20d018a6..faca01013f 100644
--- a/src/expand-common.h
+++ b/src/expand-common.h
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-/* Column numbers are nonnegative, with the leftmost column being zero.  */
-typedef uintmax_t colno;
+/* Column numbers are nonnegative, with the leftmost column being zero.
+   Use a signed type, as that allows for better checking.  */
+typedef intmax_t colno;
 
 /* If true, convert blanks even after nonblank characters have been
    read on the line.  */