# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1297452446 18000
# Node ID b03fe57893ae8c91f9a0295c187815d5d5bb2999
# Parent  36ebbc3e82aa6a56dd82b15c343e73a8f091440c
use correct type for std::string length

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-02-11  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* load-path.cc (strip_trailing_separators): Declare K as size_t
+	rather than octave_idx_type.
+
 2011-02-10  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* DLD-FUNCTIONS/regexp.cc (octregexp_list): Avoid deprecated
diff --git a/src/load-path.cc b/src/load-path.cc
--- a/src/load-path.cc
+++ b/src/load-path.cc
@@ -613,7 +613,8 @@
 {
   std::string dir = dir_arg;
 
-  octave_idx_type k = dir.length ();
+  size_t k = dir.length ();
+
   while (k > 1 && file_ops::is_dir_sep (dir[k-1]))
     k--;