Is there a type in D that represents is always the unsigned natural word of the platform?

On Tuesday, 24 December 2013 at 08:57:43 UTC, Mike wrote:
> Is there a type in D that represents is always the unsigned natural word of the platform?

Yes, use the type `size_t`.

It is an alias defined in object.d, which is a module part of druntime that is implicitly/automatically imported in all D modules, so `size_t` is available in all D code that uses druntime.

Usually questions like this are better aimed at the D.learn group :)

Am Tue, 24 Dec 2013 08:57:41 +0000
schrieb "Mike" <none@none.com>:

> Is there a type in D that represents is always the unsigned natural word of the platform?

alias ℕ = size_t;

ℕ myWord = 123;

-- 
Marco

On Friday, 27 December 2013 at 07:25:46 UTC, Marco Leise wrote:
> alias ℕ = size_t;
>
> ℕ myWord = 123;

One part of me thinks that's absolutely beautiful and another part cries out in terror. ;>

On 12/27/2013 12:05 PM, JR wrote:
> On Friday, 27 December 2013 at 07:25:46 UTC, Marco Leise wrote:
>> alias ℕ = size_t;
>>
>> ℕ myWord = 123;
>
> One part of me thinks that's absolutely beautiful and another part cries
> out in terror. ;>

size_t is not the type of natural numbers.