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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? |
| Date | 2021-10-02 15:03 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <sjaaea$8oh$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 10/2/21 2:17 PM, Manfred wrote: > On 10/2/2021 3:42 AM, Keith Thompson wrote: >> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes: ... >>> In <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/toc.htm> it says >>> the following about ssize_t: >>> >>> "The wording is such that an implementation may either choose to use a >>> longer type or simply to use the signed version of the type that >>> underlies size_t." >>> >>> Therefore, sizeof(ssize_t) > sizeof(size_t) is allowed. I have not yet >>> located "the wording" that referred to above. >> >> Because of the way the site uses frames, that URL isn't meaningful. The >> quote is from >> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/xrat/V4_xsh_chap02.html >> >> I couldn't find "the wording" either. >> > > Maybe the 'wording' is "a signed analog of size_t"? No, that's too vague to support such a detailed conclusion.
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How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? wij <wyniijj@gmail.com> - 2021-10-01 08:32 -0700
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? Guillaume <message@bottle.org> - 2021-10-01 19:39 +0200
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-10-01 18:31 +0000
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-10-01 14:29 -0700
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-10-01 20:17 -0400
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-10-01 18:42 -0700
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-10-02 20:17 +0200
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-10-02 15:03 -0400
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-10-01 14:53 -0400
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-10-02 15:13 -0700
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-10-01 14:13 -0700
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-10-02 14:52 -0700
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-10-02 14:47 -0700
Re: How to add ssize_t a by size_t b? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-10-06 04:06 -0700
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