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Re: Avoid 'int' and associates.

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On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 06:36:18 CST
Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> In modern C++ we should avoid using 'int' and its associates such as 
> 'short' and 'long' as they are all non-portable and unsafe (their
> size and value range can differ from one implementation to the next);
> instead one should use the typedefs from <cstdint> instead.
> 
> A consequence of this rule is that we must never use 'auto' with
> integer literals such as:
> 
> auto i = 42;
> 
> or
> 
> auto i = 42u;
> 
> instead we write:
> 
> int32_t i = 42;
> 
> or
> 
> uint32_t i = 42u;

I would never use auto for simple initialization and when types are
obvious (like int), rather I would use auto to avoid long templates.



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