Re: pass by address

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From	Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: pass by address
Date	Sat, 03 May 2014 21:13:35 +0200
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Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> writes:

> On Sat, 3 May 2014 14:08:32 +0000 (UTC), gazelle@shell.xmission.com
> (Kenny McCormack) wrote:
>
>>In article <877g63hsky.fsf@gmail.com>, Richard  <rgrdev_@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) writes:
>>>
>>>> In article <bfa8m9hgf8af40gkotf6mgv3ke08mpep0d@4ax.com>,
>>>> Barry Schwarz  <schwarzb@dqel.com> wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>>>address using the &. But then that second parameter is an elipses and I 
>>>>>>haven't considered variable argument lists. Way over my head right now 
>>>>>>anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>>You might have an easier time understanding things if you didn't keep
>>>>>throwing in unrelated issues at the last minute.  Variable argument
>>>>>lists have nothing to do with whether you pass an object's value or
>>>>>its address to a function.  That decision is based entirely on the
>>>>>requirements of the function.
>>>>
>>>> YHBT
>>>
>>>Surely they know?
>>
>>You have to wonder.  My sense (which seems also to be yours) is that they
>>know but just don't care.  Which is really sad - sadder than if they didn't
>>know.
>>
>>They might as well be pontificating to /dev/null - but this seems to bother
>>them not.  Kind of like members of Congress spewing nonsense into the
>>Congressional Record at 3 in the morning - benefiting no one as no one is
>>listening.
>
> Yes, nothing we say will ever have any impact on Bill.
>
> But if some poor newcomer happens upon this group looking for advice,
> I think it would be nice if they could see something that tells them
> to ignore Bill's absurdities.

Err yes. Proclamations that he's an idiot troll. Not reams and reams of
yet more explanations of what a pointer is.


-- 
"Avoid hyperbole at all costs, its the most destructive argument on
the planet" - Mark McIntyre in comp.lang.c

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pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 16:53 -0400
  Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 17:03 -0400
    Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 17:20 -0400
  Re: pass by address Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2014-05-02 17:58 -0400
    Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 18:09 -0400
      Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-02 16:37 -0700
        Re: pass by address gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-05-02 23:43 +0000
          Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 15:58 +0200
            Re: pass by address gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-05-03 14:08 +0000
              Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-03 10:38 -0700
                Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 21:13 +0200
        Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 01:46 -0400
        Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningaham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 11:22 -0400
          Re: pass by address James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-05-03 12:13 -0400
          Re: pass by address Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-05-03 12:34 -0700
            Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 22:33 +0200
            Re: pass by address glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-03 21:21 +0000
              Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-04 00:08 -0400
                Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-03 21:52 -0700
                Re: pass by address Tonton Th <tth@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-05-04 08:44 +0000
                Re: pass by address Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-05-04 01:51 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-04 15:06 -0400
                Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-04 15:35 -0700
                Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 12:01 +0200
                Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-05 11:46 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-05 14:18 -0400
                Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-05 11:55 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-05 15:20 -0400
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-05 15:23 -0400
                Re: pass by address Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2014-05-06 11:02 -0400
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-06 14:46 -0400
                Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 12:00 +0200
                Re: pass by address Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-05-05 14:50 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-05 23:13 -0400
                Re: pass by address "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2014-05-05 23:09 -0500
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-06 08:55 -0400
                Re: pass by address Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2014-05-06 11:16 -0400
                Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 18:13 +0200
                Re: pass by address Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-04 21:06 +0000
                Re: pass by address Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-04 23:50 +0000
                Re: pass by address Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-05-04 12:36 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-05 14:21 -0400
                Re: pass by address Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-05-04 01:29 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-04 15:09 -0400
        Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningaham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 11:32 -0400
  Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-02 16:43 -0700
    Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 01:54 -0400
      Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 15:59 +0200
    Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 02:08 -0400
      Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningaham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 11:46 -0400
    Re: pass by address Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-03 21:43 +0000

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