Infinite loop when using size_t in a count down for loop

Question

So I\'m using size_t instead of int in any indexing for loop to prevent negative indices. But when counting down, this leads to an overflow:

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Answer 1

The idiomatic, though not to everyone's taste way, is to use the slide operator:

for (size_t i = 10 + 1; i--> 0; )

It isn't really an operator but that's what it has become known as over the years.