Re: lib/34516: size_t should be equivalent to unsigned long

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR lib/34516; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>, 
gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: lib-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, Christian Biere 
<christianbiere%gmx.de@localhost>
Subject: Re: lib/34516: size_t should be equivalent to unsigned long
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:21:26 -0500

 On Feb 25,  2:17am, dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost (David Holland) wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: lib/34516: size_t should be equivalent to unsigned long
 
 | I remain unconvinced that there's any reason to change, and in fact
 | there seems to be some reason to think that keeping the current
 | behavior (size_t == unsigned int) is more desirable than changing
 | would be.
 | 
 
 It would be nice if size_t was consistent across all NetBSD platforms,
 but it is not and changing it at this point will create more problems
 that it solves. For example, c++ functions that have size_t arguments
 are going to change mangled names leading to major library bumps for
 all c++ shared libraries. Yes, providing both the unsigned long and
 unsigned int versions of the functions is an option but it creates
 other issues.
 
 christos