std.zip size limit of 2 GB?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 2/15/18 4:20 PM, Tony wrote:
> On Thursday, 15 February 2018 at 18:49:55 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> 
>>
>> I think it's inherent in the zlib API. I haven't used all of the 
>> library, but the portion I did use (using zstream) uses uint for 
>> buffer sizes.
>>
> 
> Wouldn't using a uint for buffer size give a size limit of greater than 
> 4GB? Seems like an int is in the mix somewhere.
> 

You meant 2GB, I think.

And you are right. I looked into it a bit, this has nothing to do 
(superficially) with zlib, it has to do with std.zip:

https://github.com/dlang/phobos/blob/0107a6ee09072bda9e486a12caa148dc7af7bb08/std/zip.d#L806

Really, i should be size_t in all places, I can't see why it should ever 
be int.

Please file an issue.

-Steve