"Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:op.vqx78nkceav7ka at steve-laptop... > > size_t works, it has a precedent, it's already *there*, just use it, or > alias it if you don't like it. > One could make much the same argument about the whole of C++. It works, it has a precedent, it's already *there*, just use it.