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Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it.

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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

> Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> writes:
>>want to run whenever a new object is created, and it would be tedious to
>>have to call it explicitly every time.  I used to mimic OOP in C and you
>>had to do things like
>>struct Foo* foo = (struct Foo*) malloc(sizeof(struct Foo));
>>foo->init();
>
>   When you find that you happen to write certain code parts
>   repeatedly, you can write a function in C:
>
> struct alpha * new_alpha()
> { struct alpha * const alpha = malloc( sizeof *alpha );
>   if( alpha )alpha->init(); return alpha; }
>
>   . This also is more safe, because it uses »alpha« only if
>   it is nonzero.

Yes, and this is a good idea.  I was trying to explain the distinction
between allocating memory for an object and actually initializing it,
and I couldn't think of a way to do that without referring to a language
that lets you separate them.

-- 
Jim Janney

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It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 06:27 -0700
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2012-06-10 13:49 +0000
    Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 07:08 -0700
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-10 11:34 -0400
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 12:58 -0700
          Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. markspace <-@.> - 2012-06-10 13:43 -0700
            Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 21:01 -0700
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2012-06-10 15:44 +0000
    Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-10 20:39 +0200
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. "Gavino" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-11 20:13 +0200
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-11 22:51 +0200
          Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. "Gavino" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-12 00:45 +0200
            Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-06-11 22:53 +0000
              Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 16:42 -0700
            Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-11 19:53 -0400
              Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 17:38 -0700
                Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-06-11 23:14 -0400
                Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-12 18:21 +0200
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-11 22:50 +0200
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-10 09:59 -0400
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-06-10 08:02 -0600
    Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 07:20 -0700
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-06-10 09:49 -0500
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 13:15 -0700
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-06-10 10:26 -0600
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-06-10 11:24 -0600
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-06-10 11:38 -0600
          Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2012-06-10 18:17 +0000
            Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-10 12:26 -0700
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 13:17 -0700
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-10 11:54 -0700
    Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 13:24 -0700
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-10 13:56 -0700
    Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 20:55 -0700
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-11 16:41 -0700

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