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Re: what is data type 'int *' ?

From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: what is data type 'int *' ?
Date 2015-02-05 17:13 +0000
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Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:

> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
<snip>
>> It's a shame that there is no term for the relationship between types
>> that are "close enough for assignment".  It's far too useful a concept
>> not to have a technical name.
>
> I refer to such types as "implicitly convertible".  For example, all
> arithmetic types are implicitly convertible.  The same rules apply to
> simple assignment, argument passing, and initialization.

(... and returning a value from a function)

In the past, I've used "assignment compatible" which, though clumsy, has
the merit of suggesting to the mystified reader where to look for the
rules.  But if these situations where covered by a standard term, it
could be used with less chance of being misunderstood (in so far as any
jargon term can be).

-- 
Ben.

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what is data type 'int  *' ? bilsch <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-02-04 23:45 +0000
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-02-05 00:09 +0000
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-05 01:24 +0000
      Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-02-05 07:00 -0500
        Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-05 14:09 +0000
          Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-05 13:08 -0600
            Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-06 00:33 +0000
              Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-05 19:30 -0600
                Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-06 10:17 +0000
                Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-02-07 13:21 -0800
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-02-04 19:47 -0500
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? bilsch <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-02-05 09:40 +0000
      Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 09:51 +0000
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-02-05 08:04 -0800
      Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-06 00:42 +0000
        Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-02-05 19:09 -0800
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-02-05 01:17 +0000
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 03:04 +0000
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 03:06 +0000
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 03:06 +0000
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-02-05 10:20 +0000
      Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 10:47 +0000
        Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-02-05 12:18 +0000
          Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 12:40 +0000
      Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-02-05 08:24 -0800
        Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-02-05 11:42 -0500
        Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-02-05 17:13 +0000
    Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-02-05 08:43 -0800
  Re: what is data type 'int  *' ? bilsch <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-02-05 09:45 +0000
  THANKS FOR THE INFO bilsch <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-02-05 09:47 +0000

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