From: Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: C++, complex, etc
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 17:48:47 +0100
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Hello.

"Alexei A. Frounze" wrote:
> Seems people either ignore this thread and/or don't use size_t and other
> similar types.

I think people probably just ignored the thread. Your question is a bit
like asking "who uses const", since it depends on programming style, mood,
etc.

I use size_t for sizes. Less often I use ssize_t, where I need a size, but
also want to use -1 to indicate failure or allow safe subtraction of
sizes.

Bye,

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Richard Dawe
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