> On 3 Jul 2023, at 20:32, Yurii Rashkovskii <yrashk@gmail.com> wrote:
> I couldn't find any rationale as to why we might want to have this alias and not use size_t. Any insight on this
wouldbe appreciated.
This used to be a typedef for unsigned int a very long time ago.
> Would there be any sense in changing it all to size_t or renaming it to something else?
>
> I understand that they will break some extensions, so if we don't want them to have to go through with the renaming,
canwe enable backward compatibility with a macro?
>
> If there's a willingness to try this out, I am happy to prepare a patch.
This has been discussed a number of times in the past, and the conclusion from
last time IIRC was to use size_t for new code and only change the existing
instances when touched for other reasons to avoid churn.
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Daniel Gustafsson
