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Recently, I asked this in SO, then in a comment I got pointed to this question, which is basically the same.
The issue here is that I searched for the term 'size_t' looking for something relative and the mentioned question didn't appear among the results, or when I typed the question title in 'related questions'.
What is the criteria for searching? IMO, if I search for I would like to see all questions that have (at least) this term in the question title.
You'd be better off using Google and searching on stackoverflow.com instead of trying to rely on the search system that is built in.
You are also much better off using the external tools. In addition to using:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:stackoverflow.com+size_t
You can use things like:
size_t, sadly. Or at least, he hasn't felt the need to share that knowledge.
Jul 13, 2009 at 14:22
I've just come to accept that the search system is far less reliable than the memory of other users. It's kind of like a distributed search through pedantry.
Also, creating a question with the title "What is size_t in C++?" causes the system to not even be able to provide a similar question, even though they obviously exist. Actually, this is really messed up. The question title "What is size_t in C++?" doesn't work, but "What is size_t in sdfsdklfjdsf?" gives possible duplicates. Who wrote this thing?!
