size_t's *raison d'etre* is portability, you should be using it for things that ...

detrino on July 8, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: When ‘int’ is the new ‘short’

size_t's raison d'etre is portability, you should be using it for things that are indexes/sizes into memory. FWIW, I don't have the karma to downvote.