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

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> > IMO, it would be better to have code like this in base64_encode_alloc:
> > 
> >   if (inlen < 0)
> >     /* This argument is invalid, since the API change from 2021-08-28.  */
> >     abort ();
> 
> Another possibility would be to treat inlen < 0 the same as integer 
> overflow. I could go either way.

Yes, either an abort() or an integer overflow return indicator would be better
than undefined behaviour, for something that was defined behaviour until last
week.

Bruno