Avoid a conversion error in gzseek when off_t type too small.

[zlib.git] / zutil.h

diff --git a/zutil.h b/zutil.h
index 9441a1e72382112add7b298152820e0717f253af..b079ea6a80f5abd23a6b2451d6eaee50ceda969b 100644 (file)
--- a/zutil.h
+++ b/zutil.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* zutil.h -- internal interface and configuration of the compression library
- * Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly.
+ * Copyright (C) 1995-2016 Jean-loup Gailly, Mark Adler
  * For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in zlib.h
  */
 
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 #ifndef local
 #  define local static
 #endif
-/* compile with -Dlocal if your debugger can't find static symbols */
+/* since "static" is used to mean two completely different things in C, we
+   define "local" for the non-static meaning of "static", for readability
+   (compile with -Dlocal if your debugger can't find static symbols) */
 
 typedef unsigned char  uch;
 typedef uch FAR uchf;