gbase64: Convert a precondition from g_error() to g_return_val_if_fail()

The caller needs to check this themselves in any case, so we might as
well at least follow convention in defining the precondition.

Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/glib/gbase64.c b/glib/gbase64.c
index ae9d5fef5..d3416e310 100644
--- a/glib/gbase64.c
+++ b/glib/gbase64.c
@@ -268,9 +268,7 @@ g_base64_encode (const guchar *data,
 
   /* We can use a smaller limit here, since we know the saved state is 0,
      +1 is needed for trailing \0, also check for unlikely integer overflow */
-  if (len >= ((G_MAXSIZE - 1) / 4 - 1) * 3)
-    g_error("%s: input too large for Base64 encoding (%"G_GSIZE_FORMAT" chars)",
-        G_STRLOC, len);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (len < ((G_MAXSIZE - 1) / 4 - 1) * 3, NULL);
 
   out = g_malloc ((len / 3 + 1) * 4 + 1);