Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 10:28:58 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: stddef.h - namespace std patch
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On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Stephen Silver wrote:

> This is the stddef.h patch.

Thanks.

> The only complication here is that 'offsetof' needs a different
> definition in C++ (using std::size_t instead of size_t).

Hmm... I feel uneasy about this.  Won't this backfire with
older/newer/different versions of the C++ compiler, and won't it break
if users use namespaces not to the letter of The Law?

Anyway, what bad things happen if we leave offsetof's definition as it
is now?  This survived unchanged for many years, and I don't think
I've ever seen a problem report about it.