Integer conversions too pedantic in 64-bit

Denis Koroskin 2korden at gmail.com
Wed Feb 16 23:56:25 PST 2011


On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:49:26 +0300, Michel Fortin  
<michel.fortin at michelf.com> wrote:

> On 2011-02-15 22:41:32 -0500, "Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> said:
>
>> I like "nint".
>
> But is it unsigned or signed? Do we need 'unint' too?
>
> I think 'word' & 'uword' would be a better choice. 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.
>
>

I second that. word/uword are shorter than ssize_t/size_t and more in line  
with other type names.

I like it.


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