Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Each of your "stuff" may weigh N megabytes in core, and if you have > M of them, you may have to ask (N*2**20)*M bytes of memory from the > allocator. Your (N*2**20)*M must fit size_t _and_ you must compute > it without overflowing or wrapping around. > > None of the above mean you have to express N in size_t, though. Small correction. I meant "there is no reason to count M in size_t" in the above. I am perfectly OK with expressing N in size_t.
