problem with size_t and an easy solution

[bitwise via Digitalmars-d]

> so let "intellisense-like" systems do the guesswork. i don't 
> trust a
> compiler that tries to guess what i mean instead of reporting 
> the error
> and stop right there. i.e. i once tried PL/1 compiler which was 
> able to
> "guess" what lone `IF` means. and now i don't want the compiler 
> to
> do *ANY* guesswork.

I probably should have started my own thread ;)

Anyways, this video is a couple of years old, but this is how 
Clang does what I'm talking about, around 16:00 minutes in.

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Clang-Defending-C-from-Murphy-s-Million-Monkeys