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Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1?

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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:

> On Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 10:59:04 AM UTC-5, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>>
>>> On Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 7:21:46 AM UTC-5, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>>>
>>>> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>>> In a quick scan through N1570 (not including section 7), I don't see
>>>>> *any* uses of the term address that are inconsistent with my
>>>>> interpretation, except perhaps in uses of the phrase "address space".
>>>>> Some uses could be consistent with either your interpretation or mine.
>>>>
>>>> What I did is bring up a copy of the Standard in Adobe Reader,
>>>> and use the search feature to find all occurrences of the word
>>>> "address", including as part of another word and with no case
>>>> differentiation.  I went through the search results, looking
>>>> carefully at each usage and its surrounding context.  What I saw
>>>> was consistent in every case with my reading but was in some
>>>> cases was not consistent with your reading.  If you go through a
>>>> similar procedure and look carefully at every occurrence of
>>>> searching for the string "address" I suspect you will find some
>>>> that don't really fit with the idea that "address" is associated
>>>> with type information.
>>>
>>> I think it's safe to assume that Keith has already carried out a very
>>> similar process, [...]
>>
>> That isn't the impression I got from reading what he said,
>
> I know - that's why I felt it important to point out the incorrectness
> of your impression.
>
> You have a tendency to incorrectly assume that people will automatically
> end up agreeing with you if they just pay closer attention to the same
> text that you reached your conclusion from, and a corresponding tendency
> to incorrectly assume that people who disagree with you haven't paid
> close attention to it.

Please don't assume you know what I'm thinking or what motivates my
choices of what to write or how I write it.  From your comments it
is obvious that you do not.

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Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-02-22 07:58 -0800
  Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-02-22 09:01 -0800
    Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-03-27 19:52 -0700
  Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-02-22 11:29 -0800
    Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2020-02-22 19:02 -0800
      Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2020-02-22 19:16 -0800
    Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-03-27 19:54 -0700
      Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-03-27 20:19 -0700
        Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2020-03-28 05:39 +0000

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