bigger then size_t

[Dmitry Olshansky]

On 09-Oct-12 20:36, maarten van damme wrote:
> Another quick question. When I know an array is going to have an
> length smaller then 255, can I use bytes as index or do I have to use
> size_t to make it portable across 64 bit platforms?
>

The real question is why you need that? Byte is not faster (if not 
slower). And again you still need to cast to size_t and back (as .length 
is size_t).
The only value could probably be to have indexes occupy less space (if 
you store them somewhere). Still this needs some extra checks (or at 
least asserts).

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Dmitry Olshansky