concerning dec96wp 26.3.4 [lib.class.slice] and followers

why is the stride represented using (interfaced as) size_t ?

I couldn't find a requirement in the draft that size_t should be
unsigned, however this is the case in all the compilers I use.

IMHO signed strides would be more appropriate as they allow for
easy "mirroring" (e.g. displacing the logical origin of a 2D array
from top-left to bottom-right)

TIA.
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In article 5807C0@mail.club-internet.fr, Christian Millour <chris161@mailhost.grolier.fr> writes:
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>I couldn't find a requirement in the draft that size_t should be
>unsigned, however this is the case in all the compilers I use.

Section 18.1 of the draft says size_t in C++ has the same requirements
as in C. The C standard says it must be unsigned.

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