size_t, size_t, wherefore art thou aliased?

[Gregor Richards]

Lionello Lunesu wrote:
>> Unfortunately, this makes assigning values to size_t and ptrdiff_t 
>> obnoxious, since it only implicitly casts one way (not the way that's 
>> helpful here).
> 
> typedef int test_t;
> void main(){
>   test_t x = 2;
> }
> 
> works just fine. Am I missing something?
> 
> L. 
> 
> 

typedef int test_t;

int main()
{
     test_t x;
     int y = 2;
     x = y;
     return 0;
}


Actually, the absolutely precise solution would be a precise reversal of 
the typedef rules - size_t should accept ints/longs/etc, but 
ints/longs/etc should not accept size_t.

  - Gregor Richards