Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Sort of trivial code challenge - may be interesting to you anyway Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:07:43 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: <861pg33r4w.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <10n80sc$3soe4$1@dont-email.me> <86v7feei2e.fsf@linuxsc.com> <10o53k6$1i0ef$2@dont-email.me> <86ms0peby6.fsf@linuxsc.com> <10ockdh$3qpk6$1@dont-email.me> <10ocrjn$3qpk6$2@dont-email.me> <10od64s$3qpk6$4@dont-email.me> <86ikb9bmtw.fsf@linuxsc.com> <10oem5t$n5hk$1@dont-email.me> <86o6kz9zng.fsf@linuxsc.com> <878qc3ywuk.fsf@example.invalid> <864imma17o.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87v7f212pp.fsf@example.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:07:43 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="842c0705c388246dee2d3602366a27fb"; logging-data="1023732"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18U6K6jWe2rG3nWjAlXuRmp594lFrH2/CQ=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0r4Z6Pi6f9A53rk5Ytg4qcAX5p0= sha1:YOXpny5as5rVk5BLjx3llSKAtvA= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:397940 Keith Thompson writes: > Tim Rentsch writes: > >> Keith Thompson writes: >> >>> Tim Rentsch writes: >>> [...] >>> >>>> typedef size_t Z; >>>> typedef _Bool B; >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> Why do you do this? I find that it makes the code more difficult >>> to read. >> >> The reaction from Lew Pitcher was "Brilliant!". The reaction from >> DFS was "I think he knocked it out of the park." Because Lew and >> DFS (and to some extent Michael S) are the ones who had expressed >> an interest in my counter challenge, they were my target audience. >> So from my point of view there is no reason to be dissatisfied with >> what was posted. > > You are of course not obligated to answer, but surely it would be easier > not to post a followup at all. I'm baffled by your comment. You asked a question. I didn't have any reason to think the question was rhetorical. I had something to say in response. I posted it. As to the last point, surely it would have been easier if you had not posted your comments either. And yet you did.