On Tue, 13 Jan 2015, Dan Fandrich wrote:

> The interpretation of these bits as a signed or unsigned number will differ,
> but since libcurl treats the result as a raw set of bits, it doesn't really
> matter.

That's also why the values are defined using typecasts to unsigned long.

> This treatment encourages sloppy and nonportable programming practises but
> in this case it works out in the end.

Probably wasn't the most clever value to pick. I'm not always as bright as I
want to be! =)

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