On 1/11/11 1:21 AM, Walter Bright wrote: > Why is it a misnomer? When, in C, would you use ssize_t rather than > ptrdiff_t? Are they ever a different type? I don't think they're a different type. One place I've seen that use is in file I/O. > (If you're going to do it, it should be ssize_t.) Okay. Andrei