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+  o Code simplification and refactoring:
+    - Use the ptrdiff_t type consistently for expressing variable offsets and
+      pointer differences.  Previously we incorrectly (but harmlessly) used
+      int and sometimes off_t for these cases.  Closes ticket 31532.