[Fwd: size_t is defined as an `int'.]

[Joel Sherrill]

This came across the RTEMS list.  I would like some opinions
since it appears that the glibc on RedHat 6.2 also uses
"int".  Solaris 2.x appears to use unsigned int.

Comments.

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To : rtems <rtems-users at oarcorp dot com>
Subject : size_t is defined as an `int'.
>From : Chris Johns <cjohns at cybertec dot com dot au>
Date : Fri, 01 Sep 2000 23:35:53 +1100
Organization : Cybertec Pty Ltd

Hi,

Someone on a project I am working on spotted `size_t' is an `int'. The
ANSI standard states it should be an `unsigned int'. I found the
definition in a RTEMS newlib file.

  newlib-1.8.2/newlib/libc/sys/rtems/sys/types.h :
   typedef int size_t;            /* see C Standard XXX */ 

I found "N843, the Final Committee Draft" of the ANSI C standard at :

 http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/index.html

To quote the section "Common definitions <stddef.h>" :

 "  size_t
   which is the unsigned integer type of the result of the sizeof
operator;"

Should size_t be changed ?

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