[Issue 5452] Signed file lengths and positions

[via Digitalmars-d-bugs]

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5452

AndyC <andy at squeakycode.net> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from AndyC <andy at squeakycode.net> ---
> isn't it better and safer

The C api returns a -1 to indicate error, which the D code catches and raises
an exception.  Since we dont need to return an error as -1, and because files
cannot have a size less than zero, it makes since to use an unsigned type.

I'd say a signed type is neither better or safer.

> Currently unsigned values are quite dangerous in D

I don't know if that's still true, if it is you should open a new bug report
with some test code.

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