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| From | Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Recursion, Yo |
| Date | 2024-04-15 12:00 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
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Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>> Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
>>> On 14.04.2024 02:29, Michael S wrote:
> <Algol 68 code elided>
>>>> It looks closer to C than to Pascal, i.e. pointer can point to any
>>>> object rather than just to dynamically allocated object.
>>>
>>> The major difference is that they are closely bound to the type.
>>> In that respect they are more like Pascal pointers. C pointers
>>> open the can of issues with arithmetic on pointer values. You
>>> don't find that in Pascal or Algol 68.
>> [...]
>>
>> How are C pointers not "closely bound to the type"?
>
> int i = 42;
> memcpy(&i, &(float){3.14}, sizeof i);
> printf("%d\n", i);
>
> That looks like a pretty loose association between pointer and object
> type to me. This is not an accident or an unintended loophole. It's by
> design.
>
> Certainly every pointer value in C has an associated type, but the
> intention is that this association can be changed by pointer type
> conversion as needed.
>
> You often /have/ to make us of this. For example, when calling qsort,
> you will usually change the association between the pointer and the
> pointed-to type (void) in order to do the comparison. And C does not
> even insist that you change it back to the original pointed-to type as
> you can legally write a comparison function for, say, float data that
> uses the representation as "raw" bytes.
OK. The way I'd describe it is that C (non-void) pointers *are*
"closely bound to the type", but in addition C provides operations,
particularly pointer casts and implicit conversions to and from void*,
that can override that binding.
Janis mentioned pointer arithmetic. I wouldn't say that overrides the
type binding; it merely provides a set of operations, that some other
languages lack, for constructing a pointer value from another pointer
value. I don't know whether Janis meant that to be an example of not
being closely bound to the type, or as a distinct statement.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Medtronic
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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Re: Recursion, Yo bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-04-12 16:42 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-13 00:13 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-13 20:33 +0300
Re: Recursion, Yo Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-04-14 00:23 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-14 03:29 +0300
Re: Recursion, Yo Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-15 15:07 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-15 08:46 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-04-15 17:47 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-15 12:00 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-04-15 20:24 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-04-15 21:37 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-15 22:39 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-15 22:54 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-15 14:25 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-14 00:29 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-13 20:05 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-13 19:37 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-14 00:28 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-04-14 11:17 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-04-14 13:51 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-04-14 22:47 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-14 22:44 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-04-14 20:35 -0700
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Re: Recursion, Yo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-15 22:30 +0000
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Re: Recursion, Yo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-17 22:12 +0000
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Re: Recursion, Yo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-15 22:32 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-22 17:41 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-16 23:11 +0300
Re: Recursion, Yo Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-04-19 08:26 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-04-19 18:25 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-19 12:15 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-04-20 05:55 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-04-19 19:34 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-04-20 02:11 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-19 18:24 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-04-20 15:35 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-19 12:18 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-04-20 06:03 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-22 17:49 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-04-15 17:50 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-04-12 10:38 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-12 15:07 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-04-12 16:38 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-12 19:06 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-04-13 07:46 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-04-11 14:36 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-04-11 10:15 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-11 12:37 -0700
Re: Recursion, Yo David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-04-12 09:38 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-04-14 20:34 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-10 15:18 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-04-10 14:23 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-11 00:16 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-04-11 14:34 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-04-12 00:04 +0100
Re: Recursion, Yo Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-04-10 17:19 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-04-10 21:19 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-11 00:54 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-04-11 02:06 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-04-11 10:23 +0200
Re: Recursion, Yo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-11 08:34 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-04-10 17:10 +0000
Re: Recursion, Yo Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-04-10 10:14 -0700
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