Integer conversions too pedantic in 64-bit

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Michel Fortin" <michel.fortin at michelf.com> wrote in message 
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> On 2011-02-15 22:41:32 -0500, "Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> said:
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>> I like "nint".
>
> But is it unsigned or signed? Do we need 'unint' too?
>

*shrug* Beats me. I can't even remember if size_t is signed or not.

> I think 'word' & 'uword' would be a better choice.

The only problem I have with that is that "word" seems like something you 
might want to use as a variable name in certain cases. However, I'd still 
prefer "word" over "size_t"

> I can't say I'm too displeased with 'size_t', but it's true that the 
> 'size_t' feels out of place in D code because of its name.
>