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| From | Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines |
| Date | 2022-10-12 14:30 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <87fsfs4tma.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> (permalink) |
| References | <ti797c$1it17$1@dont-email.me> |
JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> writes:
> I have been pondering this many times. I keep it short:
> If I have hundreds of lines like this:
>
> short a;
> std::vector<int> v;
> ...
> a = v.size();
>
> This gives a warning: "warning, assigning size_t to short".
> I know this can be fixed:
> a = static_cast<short>(v.size());
>
> but if we have hundreds of those lines, how would you fix this? Place
> a static cast in all of them? Of create some helper funktion to do
> this?
Why is `a` defined as a short and not as a size_t?
If there's a very good reason that `a` *needs* to be a short, it makes
sense to consider some kind of cast. If not, just make it a size_t.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Philips
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-12 23:48 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-12 23:54 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-12 23:55 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-10-12 23:26 +0100
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 07:30 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-10-13 12:19 +0100
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-10-13 00:37 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 07:34 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-10-13 11:43 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-10-13 00:27 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 07:24 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-10-13 12:00 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 20:27 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-10-13 11:17 +0200
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 20:32 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-10-13 21:13 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 21:28 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-10-13 23:10 +0200
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2022-10-13 22:36 +0100
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-14 07:29 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-10-12 21:27 +0000
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 07:25 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-10-12 14:30 -0700
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 07:28 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-10-12 21:30 -0700
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 07:37 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 14:18 -0700
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-14 00:27 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-10-14 00:33 -0700
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-10-13 07:52 +0000
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com> - 2022-10-13 20:35 +0300
Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines Frederick Virchanza Gotham <cauldwell.thomas@gmail.com> - 2022-10-14 01:43 -0700
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