full-disclosure - linux type definitions

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Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.51.0304141133360.78879@helena.whitefang.com>
From: tmh at whitefang.com (Thamer Al-Harbash)
Subject: linux type definitions

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Timo Sirainen wrote:

> size_t is defined to be unsigned in C99 standard. Some implementations have
> defined it as signed, but I'd consider those to be broken. strlen() can't
> return a value out of range of size_t, or the implementation is broken
> (size_t should have been defined larger).

ssize_t is the counterpart of size_t which is signed.

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