Darryl Miles <darryl-mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > This one is taxing me, what is the correct type returned by the built > in sizeof() operator ? > > int ? > unsigned int ? > size_t ? > ssize_t ? This is a general C question, not a gcc question. As such, it should probably go to a mailing list about C, not to a mailing list specifically about gcc. Thanks. The answer is that sizeof returns a value of type size_t. > Where does size_t and ssize_t originate from ? ANSI/stdio ? I believe size_t was introduced in the ISO C90 standard. I believe that ssize_t was introduced in the second edition of the POSIX 1003.1 standard (1003.1-1996). Ian
