On 17-ago-10, at 09:56, KennyTM~ wrote:
On Aug 17, 10 05:34, Trass3r wrote:
Or size_t and ptrdiff_t could be made to be built-in types. (?)
There's no justification for that.
A proper way to define a strong typedef on the other hand is
something
that is really needed.
If size_t is a library-defined strong typedef instead of alias, what
type should .sizeof return?
I brought it up several times, I think that the following changes
would limit very much 32 -> 64 bugs and unsigned related bugs:
1) typedef like dfinition of size_t, ptrdiff_t *but* with implicit
conversion ptrdiff_t-> size_t (a normal typedef without implicit cast
would be a pain to use)
2) implicit casts signed-> unsigned should be final in the sense that
after an implicit cast to an unsigned type *no* other implicit casts
should be allowed (the idea being that an implicit cast to unsigned
commits to a given bit pattern because it is equivalent to working mod
2**(8*T.sizeof)).
maybe this is the right time for this to be re-considered?
Fawzi
