size_t + ptrdiff_t

[Stewart Gordon]

On 20/02/2012 03:44, Artur Skawina wrote:
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>> Why would you want to do that, as opposed to use one of the pointer types (which is
>> indeed required for GC to work correctly)?
>
> That's how it can be used in *C*.
>
> And the reason it needs to be exposed to D code is for interoperability with C.

IINM, C calling conventions care only about the size of a type, not the name or intrinsic 
nature of it.  Therefore this is a non-issue.

Stewart.