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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
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| Subject | Re: Getting sensible information from gdb |
| Date | Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:00:55 -0700 |
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"Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> writes:
> On 12.10.2015 06:59, Ian Collins wrote:
[...]
>> "#define CONST const"
>>
>> Why would you male const optional? What is const is and what isn't isn't!
>
> Profiling. What are the speed benefits of constants.. mostly
> out of curiosity.
"const" and "constant" are two very different things, even though
the keyword "const" is obviously derived from the English word
"constant".
The "const" keyword really means "read-only". A "constant" is a
literal, such as 42, 1.23, or 'x'. A "constant expression" is one
that can be evaluated at compile time.
For example, this:
const int r = rand();
is perfectly valid and meaningful; r is const, but obviously not
constant.
[...]
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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"
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Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 21:21 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 14:47 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 00:07 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 16:15 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-11 21:02 -0400
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 18:55 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 04:04 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 19:37 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 05:16 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 00:01 -0400
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 06:06 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 00:48 -0400
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 07:08 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-11 18:56 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-11 18:14 -0400
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 00:20 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-11 21:07 -0400
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 03:59 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 23:21 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 23:32 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 08:42 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-12 17:13 +0100
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 23:50 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-13 01:39 +0100
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 03:04 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-13 14:13 +0100
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 16:26 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-13 17:16 +0100
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 18:27 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-14 00:17 +0100
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 02:26 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 03:59 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-14 13:04 +0100
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 12:48 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 08:41 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 16:18 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 01:22 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 16:42 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 02:16 +0200
Getting sensible information from gdb "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 18:59 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 04:09 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 19:28 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 04:59 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 07:10 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-12 19:41 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-12 17:59 +1300
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 07:36 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-11 22:59 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 08:27 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2015-10-12 10:55 +0200
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-12 08:04 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-12 17:35 +0100
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-12 08:00 -0700
Re: Getting sensible information from gdb James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 12:25 -0400
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