Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: usecases of void foo(char **b) {} Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2016 13:56:52 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <871syrijhw.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <8737j7gd87.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87twbmfzah.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87fun6f1j4.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <877f8hgb0p.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87eg2pedkx.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87wpghcu23.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <877f8gx44n.fsf@bsb.me.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="d0d2eb2bf0baae43eeb9ce130bb24749"; logging-data="22948"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/j9OgITS9v8vIQnLWfJLSo" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZL6bFrdG3alGIOQKS73GmnKoDos= sha1:3oHKbvc4owcoXtJDoBeO/eyoGYc= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:95984 BartC writes: > On 06/11/2016 20:59, Keith Thompson wrote: >> BartC writes: >>> On 06/11/2016 11:02, Ben Bacarisse wrote: >>>> BartC writes: >>>>> (And actually, I found your attitude so astonishing at one time that I >>>>> was lost for words. "Why would you ever need a pointer to an array?"!) >>>> >>>> That looks like a quote, but it does not look like something I'd say. >>>> Where did i say it? >>> >>> (clc 19th August 2016) >>> >>> BC: >>> >> Someone wants a 'pointer to array to T', they declare 'pointer to >>> >> array of T', and access it by dereferencing the 'pointer' part and >>> >> indexing the 'array' part. That sounds perfectly reasonable. And the >>> >> reader can understand exactly what's going on, as it also exactly >>> >> matches the declaration. >>> >> >>> >> Are you with me so far? >>> >>> BB: >>> > No, that just alters my question. If that is what you are doing, I >>> > would to ask why you want a pointer to an array in the first place. >> >> You misquoted what Ben said. You significantly changed the >> meaning of what he said. You misrepresented his actual words >> to say something that blatantly contradicts his actual opinion, >> and you put it in quotation marks, implying that you were directly >> quoting his exact words. > > 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. You falsely claimed that he couldn't see the point of *any* array pointers. You might wrongly think that there's no significant difference, but Ben has clearly stated that he does. It was difficult enough to take you seriously before this. You're making it even more difficult. Will you at least acknowledge that the question you posted, in quotation marks, is not something that Ben actually wrote in those exact words? -- 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"