From: buers AT gmx DOT de (Dieter Buerssner)
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Subject: Re: C++, complex, etc
Date: 18 May 2000 12:07:32 GMT
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Alexei A. Frounze wrote:

>Really? How about type casting? It doesn't work at all for int<->size_t?

No, it doesn't. It will work for size_t's <= INT_MAX only.

>If it's a standard type, what is it needed for then? Isn't int enough?

Alexei, sometimes I have the feeling, that you post your questions
at a higher rate, than you can read the anwers. Have you read 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker's post? He gave an explaination.