--- parser3/src/classes/string.C	2019/11/13 22:05:48	1.241
+++ parser3/src/classes/string.C	2019/12/05 21:35:28	1.244
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "pa_vregex.h"
 #include "pa_charsets.h"
 
-volatile const char * IDENT_STRING_C="$Id: string.C,v 1.241 2019/11/13 22:05:48 moko Exp $";
+volatile const char * IDENT_STRING_C="$Id: string.C,v 1.244 2019/12/05 21:35:28 moko Exp $";
 
 // class
 
@@ -153,15 +153,15 @@ static void _bool(Request& r, MethodPara
 }
 
 static void _left(Request& r, MethodParams& params) {
-	ssize_t sn=params.as_int(0, "n must be int", r);
+	int sn=params.as_int(0, "n must be int", r);
 	const String& string=GET_SELF(r, VString).string();
-	r.write(sn<0 ? string : string.mid(r.charsets.source(), 0, (size_t)sn));
+	r.write(sn<0 ? string : string.mid(r.charsets.source(), 0, sn));
 }
 
 static void _right(Request& r, MethodParams& params) {
-	ssize_t sn=params.as_int(0, "n must be int", r);
+	int sn=params.as_int(0, "n must be int", r);
 	if(sn>0){
-		size_t n=(size_t)sn;
+		size_t n=sn;
 		const String& string=GET_SELF(r, VString).string();
 		size_t length=string.length(r.charsets.source());
 		r.write(n<length ? string.mid(r.charsets.source(), length-n, length, length) : string);
@@ -701,15 +701,14 @@ static void _base64(Request& r, MethodPa
 		Base64Options options = base64_decode_options(r, params.count() > 1 ? params.as_hash(1) : NULL);
 
 		char* decoded=0;
-		size_t length=0;
-
-		pa_base64_decode(cstr, strlen(cstr), decoded, length, options);
+		size_t length=pa_base64_decode(cstr, strlen(cstr), decoded, options);
 
 		if(decoded && length){
-			if(memchr((const char*)decoded, 0, length))
-				throw Exception(PARSER_RUNTIME, 0, "Invalid \\x00 character found while decode to string. Decode it to file instead.");
+			if(memchr(decoded, 0, length))
+				throw Exception(PARSER_RUNTIME, 0, "Invalid \\x00 character found while decoding to string. Decode to file instead.");
 
 			fix_line_breaks(decoded, length);
+
 			if(length)
 				r.write(*new String(decoded, String::L_TAINTED));
 		}