Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: double free Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:33:55 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <57837892.8808984@news.xs4all.nl> <481f30b4-acb3-4445-92b3-c403dc3e51f7@googlegroups.com> <8760sc2aiz.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <57856cf1.441531@news.xs4all.nl> <993ee960-ddaf-454c-a7db-26dccd0724f3@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="945944de09706c9b4e29b53c9d2efdc2"; logging-data="3845"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+QMCIS4p//31LKABn7QtSV" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+P1q4zZ7F8As+h/4aGB4uzTVfzQ= sha1:8H4yRvwqils61O2uKI8Zwy4+SGY= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:90796 Malcolm McLean writes: > On Friday, July 22, 2016 at 11:23:37 AM UTC+1, Bart wrote: >> I prefer it more when people do have some strong opinions of their own >> (even if they are opposite from mine) rather than simply stating that >> something is right because the Language Says So. >> >> /That/ would be more like presenting some aspect as a Universal Truth. >> >> Some might argue though that the Universe in this newsgroup must >> necessarily be bounded by the contents of the C Standard... >> > There is such a thing as a misconception of fact, and in the context of this > newsgroup that's likely to be a misconception about what the C standard > says. True. > There's also such as thing as agreed terminology. The problem there is that > the standard so mis-uses common terms like "function", "array", "block" and > so on that it's sometimes difficult to talk more generally without using these > words in their normal senses. I do not agree that the standard "mis-uses" those terms. The standard has clear and consistent definitions of all those terms. You, on the other hand, frequently insist on using those same words with your own idiosyncratic meanings, often without acknowledging the inconsistency. It makes it difficult to discuss these concepts *with you*. The rest of us are just fine. [...] -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"