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Re: do { quit; } else { }

From Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date 2025-05-05 16:36 -0700
Organization None to speak of
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Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> [...]
>>
>>> Someone, not anyone but the all-knowing Tim, said:  "and those types
>>> are not compatible, because the two struct tags are different."
>>>
>>> Do you agree with that?  Or is there something more to making two types
>>> be incompatible?
>>
>> I don't recall the exact discussion and I wouldn't try to speak
>> for Tim, but I suspect he was saying that the fact that the two
>> struct tags are different is enough to know that the types are
>> not compatible.  [...]
>
> Considering the circumstances, rather than focusing on what I
> (may have) meant, it seems better to focus on what is true,
> whether I meant it or not.

Feel free to do so, rather than resurrecting a post from nearly a
month ago to criticize me for what I chose to focus on and adding
nothing to the actual discussion.

The discussion died out weeks ago.  Why would you resurrect it?

-- 
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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Re: do { quit; } else { } Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-05-05 16:12 -0700
  Re: do { quit; } else { } Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-05-05 16:36 -0700
    Re: do { quit; } else { } Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-05-05 17:01 -0700

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