From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
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Subject: Re: size_t
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 00:28:31 +0400
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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.

bye.
Alexei A. Frounze
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