From:	"Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
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Subject:	Re: size_t
Date:	Thu, 18 May 2000 21:58:06 +0400
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 18 May 2000, Alexei A. Frounze wrote:
> 
> > But does that mean we read books which teach us to
> > make buggy programs? There usually used "int" and "long int" instead of
> > "size_t" and "fpos_t".
> 
> Yes, these books make you a disservice.

Damn. I'll throw away those books. New slogan: Don't trust books anymore! :) 

Btw, are the things we're discussing (size_t, complex) described in modern
C/C++ programming books?

> (I assume you meant to say off_t, not fpos_t, because the latter is not
> usually replaced with a long.)

Dunno. I remember fpos_t from Borland C/C++. Borland's has not had off_t. I
don't know if it has that type nowadays.

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