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Help with size_t
To pick a random instance, in libkinfo:
size_t len = sizeof(*cputime);
By wandering through /usr/include I can find that size_t works out
to be an 'int', which makes good sense. The number of bytes in
*cputime is going to be a small integer number, certainly not more
than 128, probably less.
So, my real question is: why go thru the dance of using 'size_t' when
I know for sure that an 'int' is going to work perfectly? What is the
motivation for this confusing chain of typedefs?
If I just get an example of how using 'int' instead of 'size_t' would
wind up doing the wrong thing, I would have a much better feel for this
confusing topic.
Thanks for any clues.
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