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Re: [PATCH] Fix optimization regression in constant folder
On 10/11/07, Richard Kenner <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> wrote:
> > It's true that this is a different type from size_t, the user-visible
> > type. The latter is just a typedef for some unsigned integral type, and
> > might be wider than sizetype, and might not have other special
> > properties of sizetype, whatever those might be.
>
> No, I think it's required that it's the same size, and possibly signedness,
> as size_t, but they are very definitely different types, with different
> properties.
I think it's required that it matches the size of pointers, in C speak
that would
be intptr_t, not size_t.
Richard.