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List:       gmp-devel
Subject:    Why is mp_size_t signed?
From:       tg () swox ! com (Torbjorn Granlund)
Date:       2004-02-02 22:50:15
Message-ID: 86hdy9b17t.fsf () king ! swox ! se
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Brian Hurt <bhurt@spnz.org> writes:

  Stupid question: Why is mp_size_t a *signed* integer?

Because that simplifies and speeds code.  The unsigned size_t
is the root of countless bugs where calculations
yield a negative number.

-- 
Torbj?rn

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