Re: integer divided by zero

From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: integer divided by zero
Date	2025-04-25 13:32 -0700
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Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> Since 1/0 is not a constant, then if 1/0 were a constrain, the
> programmer could use a variable instead.
>
> static int zero = 0;
> 1/zero //ok

They could, but why?  `1/zero` is not "ok"; it's undefined behavior.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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integer divided by zero Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 14:38 -0300
  Re: integer divided by zero David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-04-25 19:50 +0200
    Re: integer divided by zero Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 16:37 -0300
      Re: integer divided by zero Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 13:32 -0700
        Re: integer divided by zero Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-04-26 12:30 -0300
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            Re: integer divided by zero Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-04-26 17:01 +0000
  Re: integer divided by zero Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 12:05 -0700
    Re: integer divided by zero Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 16:32 -0300
      Re: integer divided by zero Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 13:31 -0700
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          Re: integer divided by zero Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 16:09 -0700
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        Re: integer divided by zero Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 11:05 -0300
    Re: integer divided by zero Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2025-04-30 12:41 +0200
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    Re: integer divided by zero Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2025-04-28 07:15 -0400
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        Re: integer divided by zero Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 16:52 +0200
  Re: integer divided by zero Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-04-28 14:52 +0100
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