RE: [Dev-C++] function "size_t"

[Ioannis V. <iv...@em...>]

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> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:39 AM
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> Subject: [Dev-C++] function "size_t"
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> dear friends,
> 
> can anybody tell me what is the use of function "size_t" 
> defined in the header "stddef.h".


In C90 and C++98 size_t is a typedef of an unsigned integer type, that is,
it is one of the following:

unsigned char, unsigned short, unsigned int, unsigned long.

Its maximum value represents the maximum size that an object can occupy in
memory. size_t is used for such sizes.




Ioannis Vranos
 
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