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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: usecases of void foo(char **b) {}
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 06/11/2016 21:56, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>
>>> I posted the actual words but I can't see much difference in meaning. It
>>> was clear from the context of that thread that Ben couldn't see the
>>> point of my array pointers.
>>
>> No, you posted an altered quotation.  You added the word "ever",
>> which drastically changed Ben's meaning.
>>
>> Ben couldn't see the point of *your* array pointers.
>
> What other kind are there apart from 'pointer to array of T'?
>
> Or do you mean if the proposal came from someone else other than me?

You posted an altered quotation.  Your insertion of the word "ever"
altered the meaning of what Ben said.  This isn't about what *kind* of
array pointers, it's about the context in which they're used.

Stop making excuses.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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