postgresql/c.h typedefs Size as 'unsigned int' (fwd)

This is a Debian Linux bug report.

Size is still defined as unsigned int in 6.4.  Paul is suggesting that this
be changed to size_t for compatibility with alpha.

Is that correct?

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Date:    Wed, 16 Sep 1998 21:03:44 +0200
From:    Paul Slootman <paul@wurtel.demon.nl>
To:      submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#26778: postgresql-dev: postgresql/c.h typedefs Size as 'unsigned i  nt', should be 'size_t'

Package: postgresql-dev
Version: 6.3.2-11

Using the above wrong type for "Size" leads to conflicts with system
prototypes, e.g. palloc() which is apparently a define for malloc().
Replacing the "typedef unsigned int Size;" with "typedef size_t Size;"
leads to a usable system again; at least, on Alpha, where "unsigned int"
is NOT the same as "unsigned long", unlike i386.

Thanks,
Paul Slootman

- -- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0
Kernel Version: Linux alf 2.0.35 #1 Tue Aug 11 11:09:24 CEST 1998 alpha unknown

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