From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: C++, complex, etc
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On Thu, 18 May 2000 03:29:48 -0400, "A. Sinan Unur" <sinan AT unur DOT com>
wrote:

>"Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru> wrote in message
>news:39236A55 DOT 78749ABD AT mtu-net DOT ru...
>
>> I've never said I _rely_. I don't use size_t in my sources. Only
>> standard types: char, short, int, long int, long long,... ;)
>
>i am sorry but this statement makes no sense. size_t is no less standard
>than int, but afaik long long is not in the standard at all.

It's in C99 (IIRC), which means C++ compiler vendors who want to claim
"Our C compiler supports C99" have an incentive to put it into their
C++ compilers.

>for example, the following code is not safe
>
>int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
>  unsigned len  = strlen(argv[0]);
>}
>
>because unsigned int is not guaranteed to be able to hold a size_t even
>though it may seem to work for now.

Can size_t be safely added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided like
integers (i.e. not a "magic cookie")?

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