Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions
Date	2015-10-16 08:52 -0700
Organization	None to speak of
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Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
[...]
>> No, there's no particular reason to use a temporary if compound
>> literals are available.
>
> Okay, glad that got cleared up.
>
>> (If they're not, you need a temporary object so you can use an
>> initializer).
>
> Note that if compound literals are not available then using an
> initializer doesn't work either in this case, because of C90's
> more restrictive rules for aggregate initializers.  These days
> I think most people take the less restrictive C99 rule pretty
> much for granted in such circumstances.

Ah, you're right.  I forgot that C90 permits only constant
expressions in initializers.

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Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 02:36 -0700
  Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-09 10:48 +0100
    Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 03:06 -0700
  Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-09 11:01 +0100
    Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 03:07 -0700
  Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-09 13:26 +0100
    Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 06:49 -0700
      Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-09 16:20 +0100
        Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 09:27 -0700
        Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-09 19:29 +0100
        Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-09 14:06 -0700
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-09 22:24 +0100
            Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-09 15:51 -0700
      Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-09 18:26 +0100
        Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-09 19:24 +0100
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-09 19:50 +0100
            Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-09 15:56 -0400
      Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-09 15:31 -0400
      Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-10 06:57 -0700
        Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-10 17:25 +0100
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-10 19:12 +0100
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-10 20:56 +0100
            Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-10 21:52 +0100
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-10 17:57 -0700
            Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-10-11 10:09 +0000
            Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-11 11:26 +0100
              Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-11 14:12 -0700
            Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-15 10:51 -0700
              Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-15 11:25 -0700
                Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-16 05:34 -0700
                Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-16 08:52 -0700
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-15 10:46 -0700
            Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-15 19:06 +0100
              Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-16 05:24 -0700
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-17 00:10 +0000
      Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-10-18 09:52 -0700
  Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 06:52 -0700
    Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-10-18 10:21 -0700
      Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 00:56 -0800
        Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-11-05 01:55 -0800
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 02:55 -0800
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 03:01 -0800
            Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-05 03:41 -0800
              Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 06:55 -0800
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 03:03 -0800
            Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-05 13:27 +0000
              Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 06:54 -0800
        Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-05 12:42 -0800
          Re: Program to compute elapsed time, learning structures and functions Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-05 15:50 -0800

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