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Re: size_t vs "unsigned long"

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FWFlorian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Date
Oct 3, 2007, 21:36 UTC
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* Pierre Habouzit:
>   Well, afaict, on every linux archs I know of, unsigned longs and
> size_t are the same.

IIRC, 64-bit Windows uses 64-bit points (duh) and hence a 64-bit size_t, but still has got 32-bit longs. Documentation is a bit sparse on this matter (because you are supposed to use LONG, DWORD and friends anyway).

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  7. Florian WeimerOct 3, 2007
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