From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-24 19:20:19
On 1/21/04 5:06 PM, "Howard Hinnant" <hinnant_at_[hidden]> wrote:
[SNIP]
> So if I want to support large arrays (and I really, really should), my
> choices are:
>
> move_ptr[](ptrdiff_t) : Requires clients to use a cast to silence
> conversion warnings, or risk incorrect indexing logic when buffer size
> grows beyond INT_MAX.
>
> move_ptr[](size_t) : Works for large arrays with no warnings.
>
> Guess which one I favor. ;-)
Can you have both? The built-in signed integral types would go to the
"ptrdiff_t" version and the built-in unsigned integral types would go to the
"size_t" version. Or do the conversion rules produce an ambiguity error
instead?
-- Daryle Walker Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie darylew AT hotmail DOT com