Re: [boost] Re: Re: [serialization] MSVC8 warning flood (widened size_t)

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-17 20:36:27

At Monday 2005-01-17 12:31, you wrote:

>"Victor A. Wagner Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]> skrev i meddelandet
>news:6.2.0.14.2.20050117084004.041befd8_at_mail.rudbek.com...
> > At Monday 2005-01-17 02:19, you wrote:
> >>Sorry, wrong example. Should have been
> >>
> >>cout << strlen("");
> >>
> >>or
> >>
> >>cout << vector<int>().size();
> >>
> >>which both give me warnings with /Wp64
> >>
> >>warning C4267: 'argument' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'unsigned
> >>int',
> >>possible loss of data
> >
> >
> > IMO this falls directly in Dinkumware's lap.  ALL of the code was
> > written by them (well the headers).
> > It's fairly clear that there should be no restrictions on outputting
> > the return from .size()
>
>And there isn't.
>
>The compiler chooses one of the gazillion overloads of operator<< for a
>32 bit value, and then informs us that it wouldn't be the proper one to
>use for a 64 bit value. Duh!
>
>The feature is just broken. Why not use the proper 64 bit compiler for
>the 64 bit tests?

it also fails on streamsize ever since they allowed files > 4gb

>Bo Persson
>
>
>
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