On Oct 17, 2020, at 12:24 , Richard W.M. Jones via xml <xml@gnome.org> wrote: > It seems like libxml2 chose to do this for convenience rather than > correctness.
Yes, this is an arbitrary limit introduced to avoid integer overflow. > I think it should accept port numbers at least up to > signed int (the type used to store port numbers), and give an error if > the port number overflows. This is fixed now: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/b46016b8705b041c0678dd45e445dc73674b75d0 > Also could the uri->port field be changed to unsigned int without > breaking ABI? It’s a public struct member, so strictly speaking, no. But the risk to break stuff seems low. Nick _______________________________________________ xml mailing list, project page http://xmlsoft.org/ xml@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xml
