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| From | Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] |
| Date | 2018-11-20 00:43 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87wop8fuja.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <87sgzxgl6u.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <20181119222453.02f85be1e85a75d64ff16bee@gmail.com> <f6c78a4e-e93b-4029-8450-1edb22d2f2c7@googlegroups.com> <20181120003418.b4efa6451ba84ead499f42a2@gmail.com> <a39bd056-6a42-4d36-a66d-9cb72920aab0@googlegroups.com> |
jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu writes:
> On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 4:34:25 PM UTC-5, Anton Shepelev wrote:
>> James Kuyper to Anton Shepelev:
> ...
>> > If you still think there's a portability problem, could
>> > you be more specific about which lvalue you're referring
>> > to that has a mis-match to the corresponding effective
>> > type?
>>
>> I think that Ben's proposal to access the metadata at the
>> header of the allocated object direcly via this struct:
>>
>> struct data {
>> int cap, len, size;
>> union {
>> long double dummy_align[1];
>> char bytes[sizeof (long double)];
>> } data;
>> };
>>
>> is dangerous because it violates aliasing. If I have
>> understood him, he means to access the metadata by
>> converting the pointer to the allocated object into a
>> pointer to this struct.
>
> I was assuming that he meant copying the array into an object of the
> struct type, which has no such problems. It appears I was mistaken.
I have posted code. If it's wrong, please tell me why. It does fairly
standard things.
--
Ben.
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Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-17 14:38 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-17 17:37 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-17 21:01 +0000
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 00:43 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 01:20 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-11-17 18:12 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 02:32 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-11-17 18:59 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 12:40 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-18 02:14 +0000
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 13:23 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-18 11:28 +0000
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 15:31 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-18 15:03 +0000
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 23:00 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 00:49 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-11-17 06:52 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-11-18 09:18 +1300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-11-17 13:49 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-11-17 13:57 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-11-18 11:08 +1300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 01:13 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-11-17 18:37 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2018-11-18 14:14 +0100
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-11-17 10:05 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 01:08 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-17 14:31 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-17 16:10 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 15:01 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-18 07:25 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-19 21:30 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-20 14:20 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-11-17 18:04 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2018-11-18 14:18 +0100
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-11-18 19:49 +0000
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-23 18:27 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-11-23 21:59 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-24 00:32 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-11-24 08:17 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-29 09:55 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-11-29 21:48 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-05 04:14 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-05 08:14 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-05 05:29 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-05 14:44 +0100
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-05 21:58 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-12-05 16:38 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-12-05 14:23 +0000
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-05 14:35 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-08 19:28 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-09 08:18 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-09 14:35 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-09 14:04 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-09 20:40 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-17 07:18 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-17 12:35 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-17 12:48 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-24 18:33 -0800
My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 02:26 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-19 11:08 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-19 15:37 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-19 15:39 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-19 15:07 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 22:24 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-19 12:33 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-20 00:34 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-19 14:38 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-20 00:43 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-19 21:44 -0500
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] jadill33@gmail.com - 2018-11-20 07:11 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] bart4858@gmail.com - 2018-11-20 10:02 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-19 22:20 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-20 14:01 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-20 11:07 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-20 15:12 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-20 08:15 -0500
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-20 23:08 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-20 14:13 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-21 16:38 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-21 09:05 -0500
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-21 20:28 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-21 12:58 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-22 01:47 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-21 15:50 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-24 19:37 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-21 21:22 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-21 01:15 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-19 15:06 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2018-11-19 08:05 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-11-19 16:49 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-19 10:35 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-20 00:45 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-19 14:24 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-20 15:05 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-20 08:31 -0500
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-11-20 20:02 -0500
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-21 22:47 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-21 13:08 -0800
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-22 00:31 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-21 21:36 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-19 16:04 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-19 14:56 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-24 19:24 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-24 21:31 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-24 21:46 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-25 01:12 +0300
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-11-25 01:39 +0000
Re: My dynamic arrays module [was:Re: Pointer conversion and alignment] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-25 14:19 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment jadill33@gmail.com - 2018-11-19 08:44 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-20 00:02 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-11-19 13:51 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-20 01:08 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-19 14:31 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-20 15:21 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-20 08:59 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-11-20 11:06 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-20 12:43 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-11-20 14:33 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-21 14:33 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-11-21 07:49 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-11-21 12:42 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-21 08:41 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-25 15:06 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-11-25 10:47 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-11-26 12:42 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-11-26 03:07 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-11-26 12:56 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-11-26 18:17 -0500
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-26 09:06 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-26 23:52 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-26 13:13 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-11-27 00:31 +0300
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-11-26 14:15 -0800
Re: Pointer conversion and alignment jadill33@gmail.com - 2018-11-19 14:33 -0800
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