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Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 15:01:56 +0400
From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: C++, complex, etc
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 19 May 2000, Alexei A. Frounze wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> In general, there should be no need to mix them.  There should be no
> reason for a file position to depend on a string length.

IMHO C/C++ is for programming. Not for figuring out why your idea/algorithm
is faulty, although it's clear and logical.

> If you do need this, you will have to figure out the relationship between
> these two types.  I think off_t is at least as large as size_t, at least
> in all implementations I saw.

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