1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/buffer.h b/src/buffer.h
index e878075..7f31a74 100644
--- a/src/buffer.h
+++ b/src/buffer.h
@@ -13,8 +13,28 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CMARK_HUGE_DOCS
+
+// Maximum strbuf size without terminating NUL byte.
+#define BUFSIZE_MAX (INT32_MAX - 1)
+
 typedef int32_t bufsize_t;
 
+#else // CMARK_HUGE_DOCS
+
+// This is an untested proof of concept of how to handle multi-gigabyte
+// documents on 64-bit platforms at the expense of internal struct sizes.
+
+#ifdef PTRDIFF_MAX
+  #define BUFSIZE_MAX (PTRDIFF_MAX - 1)
+#else
+  #define BUFSIZE_MAX (ptrdiff_t)((size_t)-1 / 2)
+#endif
+
+typedef ptrdiff_t bufsize_t;
+
+#endif // CMARK_HUGE_DOCS
+
 typedef struct {
   cmark_mem *mem;
   unsigned char *ptr;