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| From | Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question |
| Date | Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:08:31 +1200 |
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On 09/13/12 10:02 AM, James Kuyper wrote: > On 09/12/2012 05:19 PM, Eric Sosman wrote: >> On 9/12/2012 4:45 PM, Edward Rutherford wrote: >>> Eric Sosman wrote: >>>> Many people (myself included) dislike `typedef Thing *Thingp;' >>>> and its brethren, since it tends to obscure the pointer-nature of a >>>> variable declared as `Thingp x;'. I find the code more readable if >>>> pointer-ness is obvious: `Thing *x;' puts it right in my face. >>> >>> I disagree with this. >> >> You disagree that "many people (myself included)" dislike >> something? Okay, go ahead: Convince me that I do in fact like it. > > He could have worded that better - but is should be clear that he was > expressing disagreement with your reasons for disliking such typedefs, > not with your assertion that you dislike them. It should also have been clear that Eric's tongue was very firmly in his cheek! -- Ian Collins
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typedef, 2D arrays, design: question gdotone@gmail.com - 2012-08-31 21:25 -0700
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-09-01 12:27 +0100
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-09-01 13:43 +0100
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-01 10:46 -0400
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question Edward Rutherford <edward.p.rutherford79@REMOVETHIS.gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 20:45 +0000
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-12 17:19 -0400
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-09-12 18:02 -0400
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-13 10:08 +1200
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-09-12 18:20 -0400
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2012-09-13 15:10 -0700
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question gdotone@gmail.com - 2012-09-18 21:34 -0700
Re: typedef, 2D arrays, design: question Seungbeom Kim <musiphil@bawi.org> - 2012-09-19 11:19 -0700
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