[Development] Another integer typedef OR how to prepare for 64-bit in Qt 5

[Thiago Macieira]

On Wednesday, 5 December 2018 05:36:36 PST Konstantin Tokarev wrote:
> > The point is that you don't need size_t.
> 
> Unless you do need it, when interfacing with code which uses size_t. For
> example, WebKit code base uses size_t as size type across the board, which
> causes lots of conversions to signed in code which glues
> platform-independent code with Qt APIs.

Yes, you're right: size_t is needed when dealing with code that already used 
size_t.

But for new API, we shouldn't use it. See Ville's email on another section of 
this thread.

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