[pulseaudio-discuss] pa_stream_readable_size() returns 4294967295

[Mads Kiilerich]

With reference to 
http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/pulseaudio/doxygen/stream_8h.html#aa2e5ff19aa36b90471c34badbdfdf345 
and using pulseaudio-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586:

My experiments shows that pa_stream_readable_size() sometimes returns 
4294967295 = 0xffffffff. That possibility is not described in the 
documentation, AFAICS.

However, I have only seen that happen when not PA_STREAM_READY. Is the 
ready state a precondition for calling this function? How should race 
conditions be avoided?

It would have matched my expectations better if the type was ssize_t and 
the value thus -1. Are there any other special values?

Have I misunderstood something? Or is it a bug in pa? Or some 
unfortunate artificats for which documentation patches would be appreciated?

Do the same apply to pa_stream_writable_size?

/Mads