ICU-8452 do not use ptrdiff_t (signed) as a fallback for uintptr_t (unsigned)

X-SVN-Rev: 30438

diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/putilimp.h b/icu4c/source/common/putilimp.h
index 84b605ec11c49a189c40f6cdfd462d5b8f3c87db..4d92acd35a201f61001915d09159d418d1d2ca06 100644 (file)
--- a/icu4c/source/common/putilimp.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/putilimp.h
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
  * "On XSI-conformant systems, the intptr_t and uintptr_t types are required;
  * otherwise, they are optional."
  * We assume that when uintptr_t is defined, UINTPTR_MAX is defined as well.
+ *
+ * Do not use ptrdiff_t since it is signed. size_t is unsigned.
  */
 #if !defined(__intptr_t_defined) && !defined(UINTPTR_MAX)
-typedef ptrdiff_t uintptr_t;
+typedef size_t uintptr_t;
 #endif
 
 /**