Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Do "C" arrays start a 0 or 1? Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 09:01:23 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 40 Message-ID: <87ftf2a74s.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.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> <86mu9ad35t.fsf@linuxsc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="20b58c07d71e5b95782f89587293237c"; logging-data="4227"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18zAHpWQGyi0rlFw4bfCo1j" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:yOC6/WExVR4LFev9QW69Axb8M/g= sha1:/Xtq8l0LDH7damnLf8hNpM0eKR4= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:150152 Tim Rentsch writes: > 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. He didn't derail anything. I had already forgotten about it, and the expected benefit of following up is low enough that I don't think I'll bother. I had already provided one example. You provided none. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com Working, but not speaking, for Philips Healthcare void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */