[Cython] a problem with sizeof() return type

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Lisandro Dalcin wrote:
> Well, then how should we fix the return type in the code below ? (at
> Cython/Compiler/ExprNodes.py)
> 
> class SizeofNode(ExprNode):
>     #  Abstract base class for sizeof(x) expression nodes.
> 
>     type = PyrexTypes.c_int_type
> 
> 
> I still think that the only sane way to fix that is to make Cython
> understand 'size_t' as a already defined C type. That would let us to
> properly define the return type of sizeof. Furthermore, that would let
> users to forget about having to typedef ssize_t to something.
> 
> There are strong objections for my approach? What could be the
> potential problems?

The objections as I understand them is that not all C compilers 
understand the "size_t" type. Not all projects (amongst them CPython) 
adhere to the latest C standards.

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