From: Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Subject: Re: size_t
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 21:10:07 +0100
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Hello.

"Alexei A. Frounze" wrote:
> 
> Richard Dawe wrote:
> >
> > Hello.
> >
> > "Alexei A. Frounze" wrote:
> > > DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT THIS (size_t<->fpos_t and other types
> > > conversion/casting)???
> >
> > The relative sizes will probably be described in the C standard - i.e.
> > short is smaller than long, int is the same size as short or bigger,
> > or the same size as long or smaller. This should tell you what
> > typecasts are safe.
> 
> Actual question was not about type casting in general. It was about type
> casting for such things as size_t and fpos_t.

Er, it was, unless I don't understand English anymore:

"and other types conversion/casting"

As I said, the C standard probably has the answer. You mentioned C9X in
another posting - this now been ratified as C99. Please read a draft of
C99.

Bye,

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Richard Dawe
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