Is it safe to use negative integers with size_t?

Question

I just saw some C++ code like this. It was using a condition to decide whether to walk forward or backward through a std::vector. The compiler doesn\'t complain, b

Answer 1

Whenever I need to deal with signed types, I always use:

typedef std::make_signed::type ssize_t; // Since C++11

...as a signed alternative to std::size_t.

I appreciate this question is a few years old, but I'm hoping that will help others. Credit to moodycamel::ConcurrentQueue.