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Date:      Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:43:12 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Large Capsicum patch for review.
Message-ID:  <867glvbbjz.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20130225215004.GA1375@garage.freebsd.pl> (Pawel Jakub Dawidek's message of "Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:50:05 %2B0100")
References:  <20130213025547.GA2025@garage.freebsd.pl> <20130213230221.GB1375@garage.freebsd.pl> <20130223221116.GR1377@garage.freebsd.pl> <5129ADC5.5040306@gmx.de> <512A2CA0.2050509@gmx.de> <20130224235936.GX1377@garage.freebsd.pl> <512B3DBB.4080909@gmx.de> <20130225215004.GA1375@garage.freebsd.pl>

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> I use size_t as this is preferred type for size, but I don't need size_t
> for iterator, because I know the value will never need more than 16
> bits, so I use int as a more CPU-friendly type.

Using int as an iterator can lead to warnings about signedness mismatch
in loop conditions etc., so you should at the very least use unsigned
int.  Besides, size_t is equal to unsigned long on all platforms, so
"CPU-friendly" is not a valid argument.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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