Re: [boost] [histogram] should some_axis::size() return unsigned or int?

Dear Paul, dear Olaf,

On 29. Nov 2018, at 14:13, Paul A. Bristow via Boost wrote:

you need a new name for signed axis size?

int axis_size()

perhaps ;-)

both of you basically propose to have two similarly named "size" methods which return `unsigned` and `int` respectively. I really hope that you are kidding as indicated by the smileys in your messages. What I really need is a custom integer type for the index which is signed but can be compared safely with both `int` and `unsigned`. I could create a new integer type with a struct or an enum class and then implement all the operators explicitly. It is a lot of work, though.