ifndef check the CURL_MAX_WRITE_SIZE define to allow this value to easier be

changed at build time (from command line or similar)

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index d7f36645c..32a9a14cf 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -210,9 +210,13 @@ typedef int (*curl_progress_callback)(void *clientp,
                                       double ultotal,
                                       double ulnow);
 
+#ifndef CURL_MAX_WRITE_SIZE
   /* Tests have proven that 20K is a very bad buffer size for uploads on
-     Windows, while 16K for some odd reason performed a lot better. */
+     Windows, while 16K for some odd reason performed a lot better.
+     We do the ifndef check to allow this value to easier be changed at build
+     time for those who feel adventurous. */
 #define CURL_MAX_WRITE_SIZE 16384
+#endif
 
 typedef size_t (*curl_write_callback)(char *buffer,
                                       size_t size,