Getting the size_type of a container

[bartoli]

I am trying to clear warnings in old code.
I have lots of for loops that take an int to browse vectors, so i get sign mismatch warnings.
I know that i can use

std::vector<MyType>::size_type

, but is there a shorter (but clean) way, particularly one not requiring the type contained in the container? I'm guessing size_type will always be the same regardless of the contained type, so there should be a common typename available right?

[doug4]

Try size_t.

[webJose]

Using the size_type is the best solution. You could use a shorthand version:

#define SIZE_TYPE(T) std::vector<T>::size_type

But just so you know, I would change to iterators instead. But that's just me.