Re: [PATCH] avoid possible overflow in delta size filtering computation

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Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On a 32-bit system, the maximum possible size for an object is less than 
> 4GB, while 64-bit systems may cope with larger objects.  Due to this 
> limitation, variables holding object sizes are using an unsigned long 
> type (32 bits on 32-bit systems, or 64 bits on 64-bit systems).

FYI: except on windows 64-bit where long is still 32 bits AFAIK

-brandon
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