diff --git a/xs.h b/xs.h
index da853f5..9cae3dc 100644
--- a/xs.h
+++ b/xs.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ typedef char d_char;
 /* auto-destroyable strings */
 #define xs __attribute__ ((__cleanup__ (_xs_destroy))) d_char
 
+/* not really all, just very much */
+#define XS_ALL 0xfffffff
+
 void *xs_free(void *ptr);
 void *_xs_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size, const char *file, int line, const char *func);
 #define xs_realloc(ptr, size) _xs_realloc(ptr, size, __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__)
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ d_char *xs_list_pop(d_char *list, char **data);
 int xs_list_in(char *list, const char *val);
 d_char *xs_join(char *list, const char *sep);
 d_char *xs_split_n(const char *str, const char *sep, int times);
-#define xs_split(str, sep) xs_split_n(str, sep, 0xfffffff)
+#define xs_split(str, sep) xs_split_n(str, sep, XS_ALL)
 d_char *xs_dict_new(void);
 d_char *xs_dict_append_m(d_char *dict, const char *key, const char *mem, int dsz);
 #define xs_dict_append(dict, key, data) xs_dict_append_m(dict, key, data, xs_size(data))
diff --git a/xs_glob.h b/xs_glob.h
index c5293dc..978c200 100644
--- a/xs_glob.h
+++ b/xs_glob.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #define _XS_GLOB_H
 
 d_char *xs_glob_n(const char *spec, int basename, int reverse, int max);
-#define xs_glob(spec, basename, reverse) xs_glob_n(spec, basename, reverse, 0xfffffff)
+#define xs_glob(spec, basename, reverse) xs_glob_n(spec, basename, reverse, XS_ALL)
 
 
 #ifdef XS_IMPLEMENTATION
diff --git a/xs_io.h b/xs_io.h
index 9649484..6112dcb 100644
--- a/xs_io.h
+++ b/xs_io.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ d_char *xs_read(FILE *f, int *sz)
 d_char *xs_readall(FILE *f)
 /* reads the rest of the file into a string */
 {
-    int size = 0xfffffff;
+    int size = XS_ALL;
 
     return xs_read(f, &size);
 }
diff --git a/xs_regex.h b/xs_regex.h
index e0d1b7a..302bcf0 100644
--- a/xs_regex.h
+++ b/xs_regex.h
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 #define _XS_REGEX_H
 
 d_char *xs_regex_split_n(const char *str, const char *rx, int count);
-#define xs_regex_split(str, rx) xs_regex_split_n(str, rx, 0xfffffff)
+#define xs_regex_split(str, rx) xs_regex_split_n(str, rx, XS_ALL)
 d_char *xs_regex_match_n(const char *str, const char *rx, int count);
-#define xs_regex_match(str, rx) xs_regex_match_n(str, rx, 0xfffffff)
+#define xs_regex_match(str, rx) xs_regex_match_n(str, rx, XS_ALL)
 
 #ifdef XS_IMPLEMENTATION
 
diff --git a/xs_version.h b/xs_version.h
index ac5d43f..b23be3e 100644
--- a/xs_version.h
+++ b/xs_version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/* a78beb97d364ff31cbaa504e275118afeaea7a59 */
+/* 2c01845d968c01c84aa52ff00ed029d9277c2d9c */