[Qt5-feedback] Real 64 Bit support ?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Tuesday, 17 de May de 2011 08:40:49 Frans Klaver wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Yves Bailly <yves.bailly at sescoi.fr> wrote:
> >> If we change it, it will be to ssize_t.
> >> 
> >> Unsigned integers cause too many warnings about mixing signedness.
> > 
> > That's true. And warnings are... well, warnings, i.e. a sign of
> > something that might be wrong somewhere. So wouldn't it be better to
> > just "cure" those warnings, to avoid any possible issue sign-related?
> 
> Curing this is done by making a clear choice. Obviously the choice has
> been made to use signed integers.

Indeed. That's also the reason why we use ints: if they are used for 
everything, there are no warnings about mixing signedness or losing precision 
due to casting to a smaller type.

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