From caa26aa0e82b2f7ce6afe89c8ee2b28f535507de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Pilger <dpilger26@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 22:48:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fixed filesize error in fromfile in support of Issue #219

---
 docs/markdown/ReleaseNotes.md         | 1 +
 include/NumCpp/Functions/fromfile.hpp | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/markdown/ReleaseNotes.md b/docs/markdown/ReleaseNotes.md
index d3261be6a..c549e18ab 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 * added `putAlongAxis()` for **Issue #217** <https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.put_along_axis.html>
 * fixed random seeding for **Issue #218**
+* fixed error in `fromfile()` that limited filesize to 4GB for **Issue #219**
 
 ## Version 2.12.1
 
diff --git a/include/NumCpp/Functions/fromfile.hpp b/include/NumCpp/Functions/fromfile.hpp
index 8f813583a..6fad90313 100644
--- a/include/NumCpp/Functions/fromfile.hpp
+++ b/include/NumCpp/Functions/fromfile.hpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace nc
         }
 
         file.seekg(0, std::ifstream::end);
-        const uint32 fileSize = static_cast<uint32>(file.tellg());
+        const auto fileSize = static_cast<uint64>(file.tellg());
         file.seekg(0, std::ifstream::beg);
 
         std::vector<char> fileBuffer;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace nc
 
         if (file.bad() || file.fail())
         {
-            THROW_INVALID_ARGUMENT_ERROR("error occured while reading the file");
+            THROW_INVALID_ARGUMENT_ERROR("error occured while reading the file\n");
         }
 
         file.close();