[Vxl-users] unsigned int -> size_t for indexing

[Paul S. <pau...@vi...>]

Hi all,

We're increasingly using vxl (mostly vnl/vil) in a 64 bit Windows and
Linux environment, and are repeatedly running into problems associated
with the use of unsigned int rather than size_t for indexing into
matrices, vectors, images etc., as this produces warnings absolutely
everywhere we have used size_t as an indexing type (it is the type of
std::vector<T>::size() ), and then use that to then index into a vnl/vil
type.

Would it be unreasonable if we ported at least vnl & vil to use size_t
in place of unsigned int?

 

Additionally, there are quite a few situations where (signed) int is
used for indexing, in which case more care is required porting to
size_t, as there is the possibility of the signed-ness being used: e.g.
for(int i = v.size()-1; i  >= 0; --i)  {lookup v[i] } // loop through
vector in reverse.

We'd like to sort out as many of those as possible, without causing too
much risk. Opinions?

 

Cheers, Paul Smyth.

Vicon Motion Systems Ltd.

www.vicon.com 

 

 


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