In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 17 May 2004 02:37:10 +0200, Andy Polyakov 
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appro> >>I don't think everything has to be size_t-fied. In some situations it
appro> > 
appro> > 
appro> > Do you care about 16bit platforms?
appro> 
appro> Well, I was wondering this question myself. Do we? Does
appro> *anybody* compile OpenSSL on 16-bit platforms nowadays? Is it
appro> still of interest?  What 16-bit platforms are out there? But in
appro> either case...

Hmm, DJGPP?

appro> > Perhaps use  "sslsize_t" (or sizeu32_t) which is usually
appro> > size_t, but not necessarily so.

I don't think that's the right approach.  The right approach is to
rely on a standard type, like size_t, and if it's not well defined, we
might define it to the sensible thing (like the type returned by
strlen() or required by malloc() on the platform at hand), but other
than that, just don't bother.

I don't have the standards document, but I thought size_t was defined
as part of C89.  Am I incorrect in my beliefs?

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