Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:58:54 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: <86mu9ad35t.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <87pnfxmz0i.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <874kx7n5dr.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <2e2172e1-a6e4-4488-89e9-f93036b839c0@googlegroups.com> <87v9pnktim.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86lfqd26mc.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87h811k4yo.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86wo9lhuel.fsf@linuxsc.com> <8211a10d-cb1e-43a6-ab50-d1293a8d5644@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="a1e79922b2c02e9149a52088916eaff2"; logging-data="16010"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19VdnxnU7KPfg0oAimclEilfrFzra7BczY=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Gir6iYeyoNimHTnEJKVz2JkfKoE= sha1:eKRZA+6Mg+qSrEwYFsQGsBkYUvw= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:150147 James Kuyper writes: > On Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 7:21:46 AM UTC-5, Tim Rentsch wrote: > >> Keith Thompson 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, but in any case the only person who can speak with any authority about it is Keith, and I was hoping to hear from him in his own words. Your interjection has served only to derail the conversation, not help it.