Re: list of chars to introduce in future c

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: list of chars to introduce in future c
Date	2019-02-14 13:49 +0000
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BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> writes:
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> Clarification: One doesn't generally need new operators/...
> Because it is usually possible to express most concepts sufficiently
> via function calls, and if they invoke special logic in the compiler
> (like an operator would), then using an operator is merely an
> aesthetic convenience.

There's are a couple of exceptions.  Numerical operators in C are
privileged in that they are usually defined for all arithmetic (and
sometimes scalar) types.  A max operator would be more convenient than
that family of max functions.

Also, with a binary operator X you would expect an assignment operator
X= which is harder to arrange with a function.  Keeping a running
maximum could then be written

  mval[i] @= val;

Some languages have syntax to let you turn functions into operators and
operators into functions.  Makes sense when they are only syntactically
different, but in C that is not the case though one could imagine some
hairy type matching rules that could make it work.

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-- 
Ben.

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list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-13 03:16 -0800
  Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-13 04:56 -0800
    Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-13 05:16 -0800
  Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-13 15:43 +0100
    Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-13 09:55 -0800
      Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-13 11:05 -0800
      Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-13 20:29 +0100
      Re: list of chars to introduce in future c "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-02-13 20:33 +0100
        Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-13 12:08 -0800
      Re: list of chars to introduce in future c John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2019-02-13 12:02 -0800
        Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-13 12:16 -0800
          Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 09:34 +0100
            Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-14 02:04 -0800
              Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-14 02:08 -0800
              Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 11:28 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-14 02:38 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 14:54 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-14 06:39 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 16:26 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-14 02:49 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-14 02:59 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-14 03:10 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-14 03:34 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 05:25 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-15 13:54 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 06:07 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 06:10 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 06:14 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 06:18 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 06:22 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-15 14:24 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 06:32 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 06:39 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-15 14:47 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 07:32 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-15 15:56 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 08:18 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-15 17:10 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-02-14 12:20 -0800
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 21:32 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-14 13:52 -0800
              Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-14 02:31 -0800
    Re: list of chars to introduce in future c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-02-13 12:48 -0600
      Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 09:45 +0100
        Re: list of chars to introduce in future c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-02-14 04:06 -0600
          Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 11:39 +0100
            Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-14 14:34 +0000
              Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 16:31 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2019-02-14 14:39 -0600
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-14 23:48 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-15 09:20 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-15 11:09 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-15 17:25 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-15 16:46 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-15 18:05 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-02-17 14:45 -0600
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-02-15 10:51 -0800
            Re: list of chars to introduce in future c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-02-14 13:59 -0600
              Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 21:36 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-02-15 00:47 -0600
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-15 09:26 +0100
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-02-15 14:15 -0600
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-16 01:36 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-02-16 01:25 -0600
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-16 12:17 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-02-16 15:08 -0600
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-16 23:10 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-02-17 00:56 -0600
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-17 17:30 +0000
                Re: list of chars to introduce in future c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-02-17 16:02 -0600
          Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-02-14 13:49 +0000
    Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2019-02-14 09:08 +0100
      Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 09:56 +0100
        Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2019-02-14 11:06 +0100
          Re: list of chars to introduce in future c David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-14 15:01 +0100
  Re: list of chars to introduce in future c mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2019-02-15 05:30 -0800
    Re: list of chars to introduce in future c fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 05:42 -0800
  Re: list of chars to introduce in future c Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2019-02-15 18:19 -0600

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