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Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 18:27:41 +0400
From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
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Subject: size_t
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 18 May 2000, Alexei A. Frounze wrote:
> 
> > > > If it's a standard type, what is it needed for then? Isn't int enough?
> > >
> > > No, it isn't enough.  If it were enough, the ANSI comittee would not have
> > > invented it.
> >
> > Like fpos_t which depends on file system?
> 
> Yes, fpos_t is another example of such a type.  ptrdiff_t is yet another.

Okay, I agree about this. 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". 

People, plese say who has such books. I wanna know how many of you have
them.

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