Re: [PATCH 1/3] vcs-svn: rename check_overflow arguments for clarity

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Dmitry Ivankov wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Code using the argument names a and b just doesn't look right (not
>> sure why!).  Use more explicit names "offset" and "len" to make their
>> type and function clearer.
>
> Well, it's still not clear. Given off_t a, size_t b, check that a+b
> fits into type... which type?
> "offset" and "length" don't imply that it's "type of offset" or maybe
> "type of length".

Hmm... in vector arithmetic, position (i.e., file offset) + displacement
(i.e., size of chunk) = position (i.e., new file offset).  Any ideas
for making this clearer?
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