Title: cmp: Unnecessary use of usize for --bytes limit and --ignore-inital values · Issue #184 · uutils/diffutils · GitHub
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Description: The variables for --bytes, --ignore-initial and line count where size 'usize', thus limiting the readable bytes on 32-bit systems, while GNU cmp is compiled with LFS (Large File Support) and allows i64 values. There is no reason to imple...
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