Subject: Re: [boost] Current Guidance on Compiler Warnings?
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-11-26 23:05:50
Gavin Lambert wrote:
> On 27/11/2018 03:21, Alexander Grund wrote:
> > I might agree with the size_t mistake: Using it for sizes may be ok, but
> > as an index type might have been wrong.
>
> As an index for a vector or array which cannot have a valid index below
> zero, it's perfectly fine.
It's not perfectly fine, because you can pass a negative index to it and
there's no way to check for that (from within the function). If you take a
signed type, you can assert.
It seems that we need to go over this at least once per year.