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> Wow. That's full of falsehoods like these:

> "What happens is that variable i is converted to unsigned integer." No: 'long i' is converted to 'unsigned long'.

Actually, unsigned long is an unsigned integer. He didn't write unsigned int.

> "Usually size_t corresponds with long of given architecture." No: For example, on Win64 size_t is 64 bits whereas long is 32 bits.

"Usually" is the keyword here. He could have said "Usually size_t has at least the same amount of bits as long" and it would be better related to the referred rule.

parent ahy1 12 years ago

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