What's the correct way to interface with a intptr_t?

[Paul Backus]

On Sunday, 7 April 2019 at 12:19:10 UTC, bauss wrote:
> On Saturday, 6 April 2019 at 20:16:06 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
>> On Saturday, 6 April 2019 at 19:31:15 UTC, Robert M. Münch 
>> wrote:
>>> I have a C interface that uses a parameter of type intptr_t. 
>>> Wondering if size_t is the correct D equivalent?
>>
>> The correct equivalent is `intptr_t` from `core.stdc.stdint`.
>
> Which is just an alias for ptrdiff_t.

Unless this is guaranteed to be the case on every platform 
druntime is ever ported to, it is technically better to use the 
`intptr_t` alias.