From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: C++, complex, etc
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 23:56:28 +0400
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

[snip]

You're correct and most of others are correct as well. Moreover, I have
almost nothing against of size_t use and use of other types.

> After all: what *is* so bad about size_t in your opinion that makes
> you try to avoid it like the plague?  Using it you'ld have one nasty
> detail less to worry about.

Well, I just figured out a question that I have no answer to. Since size_t
is used to represent objects' sizes and probably some other stuff and fpos_t
is used for file positions, etc etc.

NOTE: size_t is from Borland C. I don't know which types are used for this
in DJGPP/GCC, I use size_t in this message just for _illustrative purpose_.

How do I work with all those types? For example, if file position depends on
a string length, how do I mix those size_t and fpos_t correctly? Isn't it
the same problem as int<->size_t type casting/conversion? size_t and fpos_t
may be represented by integers with different length (in bytes).

Any ideas?
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