Re: [PATCH] base32, base64: prefer signed to unsigned integers

[Bruno Haible]

> 2) The continuous integration reported a test failure (both with GCC and 
> clang):
> 
>    test-base64.c:131: assertion 'len == 0' failed
>    FAIL test-base64 (exit status: 134)
> 
>    But, strangely, I can't reproduce it locally. (Maybe it depends on the 
> glibc
>    version?)

Or maybe the cause is the line

  assume (0 <= inlen);

At the entry point of a public function, it is better to use 'assert' than
'assume', IMO. 'assume' means "feel free to crash or press the red button
if there is an invalid argument".

Bruno