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Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list
Date 2015-10-23 15:33 -0700
Organization None to speak of
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Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> writes:
> Keith Thompson wrote:
>> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
>>> On 23/10/15 11:58, Alla _ wrote:
>> [...]
>>>> int entries_number = 5;
>>>
>>> Better (but not perfect):
>>>
>>> int entries_number = sizeof all_tracks / sizeof all_tracks[0];
>>
>> Even better:
>>
>> const int entries_number = sizeof all_tracks / sizeof all_tracks[0];
>> [...]
>
> An irresistible nit to pick...
>
> Given you are saving the result of sizeof, shouldn't that be
>
> const size_t entries_number = sizeof all_tracks / sizeof all_tracks[0];
>
> ?

Yes, that's probably what I'd do.  But in this case we can be reasonably
sure that the number of entries doesn't exceed INT_MAX.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 11:30 -0700
  Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-22 14:44 -0400
    Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 01:16 -0700
      Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 01:22 -0700
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-23 10:52 +0100
      Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 09:57 +0100
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 02:35 -0700
          Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 10:59 +0100
            Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 03:42 -0700
            Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 03:47 -0700
              Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-10-23 11:02 -0700
              Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-23 11:24 -0700
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-23 10:39 +0100
          Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 11:03 +0100
            Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-23 11:21 +0100
              Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 11:36 +0100
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 02:42 -0700
          Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 11:10 +0100
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 03:24 -0700
          Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 11:45 +0100
            Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 09:00 -0700
              Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 17:16 +0100
                Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 09:47 -0700
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-23 13:19 +0100
          Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 15:38 +0100
            Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-23 10:57 -0400
              Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 15:59 +0100
              Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-10-23 17:25 +0200
                Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-23 11:55 -0400
                Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-10-23 10:45 -0600
                Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 16:55 +0100
            Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-23 17:21 +0100
              Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-23 17:23 +0100
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-23 12:58 -0700
      Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-23 02:19 -0700
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 10:28 +0100
      Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-23 11:12 +0100
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-23 13:42 -0700
          Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-23 22:14 +0100
            Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-23 22:28 +0100
              Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-23 22:47 +0100
                Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-23 23:21 +0100
                Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-24 01:37 +0100
            Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-23 14:52 -0700
              Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-23 23:06 +0100
                Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-23 16:39 -0700
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-24 21:26 +0100
          Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-24 22:28 +0100
            Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-24 15:26 -0700
              Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-24 23:44 +0100
      Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-23 09:03 -0400
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 09:10 -0700
      Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-23 11:21 -0700
  Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-10-22 14:50 -0700
    Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 01:25 -0700
      Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 10:00 +0100
    Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 01:36 -0700
      Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 10:04 +0100
  Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 03:58 -0700
    Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 12:07 +0100
      Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 09:28 -0700
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-23 18:04 +0100
          Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-23 13:31 -0400
            Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-24 21:21 +0100
      Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-23 13:45 -0700
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-24 10:32 +1300
          Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-23 15:33 -0700
        Re: Two options of a program to find a track in the list Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-24 21:24 +0100

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