Re: what is data type 'int *' ?

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: what is data type 'int *' ?
Date	2015-02-05 10:20 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<874mr0d5hd.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (permalink)
References	<mauauc$p5v$1@dont-email.me> <maumml$m0o$2@dont-email.me>

Show all headers | View raw

Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
<snip>

>    ptr = &var;

<snip>

> Secondly, the types on either side of an assignment statement must
> match. They need not always be exactly the same type, but the types must
> be "compatible". In this case, there is no problem matching the types,
> as we shall see.

Just a small point: the types need not be compatible.  You put the term
in scare quotes but whether that marks the term as simply being "jargon"
or "not quite the right word" is not always clear.

It's a shame that there is no term for the relationship between types
that are "close enough for assignment".  It's far too useful a concept
not to have a technical name.

<snip>
-- 
Ben.

Thread

what is data type 'int  *' ? bilsch <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-02-04 23:45 +0000
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-02-05 00:09 +0000
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-05 01:24 +0000
      Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-02-05 07:00 -0500
        Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-05 14:09 +0000
          Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-05 13:08 -0600
            Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-06 00:33 +0000
              Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-05 19:30 -0600
                Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-06 10:17 +0000
                Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-02-07 13:21 -0800
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-02-04 19:47 -0500
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? bilsch <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-02-05 09:40 +0000
      Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 09:51 +0000
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-02-05 08:04 -0800
      Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-06 00:42 +0000
        Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-02-05 19:09 -0800
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-02-05 01:17 +0000
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 03:04 +0000
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 03:06 +0000
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 03:06 +0000
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-02-05 10:20 +0000
      Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 10:47 +0000
        Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-02-05 12:18 +0000
          Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 12:40 +0000
      Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-02-05 08:24 -0800
        Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-02-05 11:42 -0500
        Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-02-05 17:13 +0000
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-02-05 08:43 -0800
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? bilsch <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-02-05 09:45 +0000
  THANKS FOR THE INFO bilsch <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-02-05 09:47 +0000

csiph-web