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Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines

From "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: Type conversion for hundreds of lines
Date 2022-10-12 21:30 -0700
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On 10/12/2022 9:28 PM, JiiPee wrote:
> On 13/10/2022 00:30, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> 
> Lets assume its some old code... for example from 80's... and you have 
> it now. Would you do this change to hundreds of places, to change a to 
> size_t? But that might cause sides issues, isnt it? What if the other 
> code is relying on the short, and for example takes sizeof() of the 
> short when storing to a file.

Is the code busted as-is using a short? Do you actually _need_ to change 
short to size_t? Warnings aside for a moment...

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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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