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On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 19:30:21 +0000, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> Specifications are an agreement between the supplier and the client. The
>
> The problem here is that the C standard, seen as a contract, is unfair
> to the programmer, because it's so excruciatingly hard to write code
> that is guaranteed to be free from UB.

# define int int64_t
...

makes it easier.
>
>
>         Stefan