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Re: Sort of trivial code challenge - may be interesting to you anyway

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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>
>> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> 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.
>
> You responded, but you didn't answer.  I still don't know why you
> wrote those typedefs, nor do I know why you chose not to answer
> my direct question.
>
> I'm still slightly curious why you would use (IMHO) silly names
> like Z and B (that was the specific questio I asked), but I'm no
> longer asking you to explain.
>
> I'll try to cut back on asking you why you write things.

I wrote what I wrote because it seemed like a good choice
when I wrote it.  Nothing I have learned since then has
given me cause to think otherwise.

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Re: Sort of trivial code challenge - may be interesting to you anyway Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-25 10:07 -0700
  Re: Sort of trivial code challenge - may be interesting to you anyway Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 15:54 -0700
    Re: Sort of trivial code challenge - may be interesting to you anyway Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-30 03:13 -0700

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