* src/system.h (ftello): Add a compile-time check for the highly

unlikely condition of off_t narrower than long int, rather than
handling it at run time.  Based on a patch from Paul Eggert.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/system.h b/src/system.h
index efe929098..edb3edecd 100644
--- a/src/system.h
+++ b/src/system.h
@@ -524,15 +524,8 @@ enum
 # if ! defined ftello
 static inline off_t ftello (FILE *stream)
 {
-  off_t off = ftell (stream);
-  if (off < 0)
-    return off;
-  if (off != (long int) off)
-    {
-      errno = EOVERFLOW;
-      return -1;
-    }
-  return off;
+  verify (sizeof (long int) <= sizeof (off_t));
+  return ftell (stream);
 }
 # endif
 #endif