size_t + ptrdiff_t

[Sean Kelly]

On Feb 21, 2012, at 4:50 PM, Juan Manuel Cabo wrote:

>> size_t is intended to be the C representation.  I very much do not want to end up with a c_size_t.
> 
> Hahah, hold your jaw because it might drop:
> 
> Looking for size_t extravagancies in C, I found that VC uses __int64
> for size_t in x64 target.

I think this is actually a good thing, since working with unsigned integers is a pain.  I can't see any system needing that extra bit to represent size any time soon anyway.