Re: Call to a function

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From	Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject	Re: Call to a function
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Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>
>> Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> writes:
[...]
>>> The standard uses the word "array" as a noun to refer to an array
>>> object, so I was using the same usage as the standard there.
>>
>> Looking through the standard, I see that the word array is used both
>> as an adjective and as a noun.
>
> I only looked through about a third of 1570, but I only saw noun
> uses.  I saw noun+noun compound nouns, with the first noun being
> "array", but that doesn't make the word an adjective.

I concede your point of grammar (noting that there is some
specialized terminology related to noun+noun phrases, but
I won't quibble about that).

That said, your earlier statement "The standard uses the word
'array' as a noun to refer to an array object" isn't exactly right
either, as for example the phrase "array type".  The word array is
functioning as a modifier, whether we want to call it a noun or an
adjective, and it does not refer to any array object.  Furthermore
using an array type (in a way that is well-defined in C) doesn't
necessarily mean that that there is an array object somewhere.  I
think that is the key point here.

> An actual adjectival use could be:
>  *The object is array.
> (as per "The bus is red.") the likes of which I couldn't find.

Not all adjectives are usable in a "The bus is red" construction.
Many and probabaly even most are, but not all are.

> Yes, this is more a.u.e. than c.l.c.

Noted.  I have tried to focus on the C aspects in my response.

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Re: Call to a function Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-11-10 03:37 -0800
  Re: Call to a function Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-11-10 22:04 +0000
    Re: Call to a function Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-11-13 08:14 -0800
  Re: Call to a function Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-11-13 21:35 +0200
    Re: Call to a function Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-11-13 12:48 -0800
    Re: Call to a function Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-11-13 19:17 -0800
      Re: Call to a function Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-11-16 13:47 +0200
        Re: Call to a function Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-11-16 06:39 -0800
          Re: Call to a function Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2023-11-21 01:29 +0200
            Re: Call to a function James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-11-21 23:21 -0500
            Re: Call to a function Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-12-24 11:12 -0800

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