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Re: C naming conventions

From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: C naming conventions
Date 2022-08-31 17:54 +0100
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Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 11:50:41 AM UTC-3, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:30:49 +0100, Ben Bacarisse wrote: 
>> 
>> > Thiago Adams <thiago...@gmail.com> writes: 
>> > 
>> >> I was considering prefix when I had this problem. 
>> >> 
>> >> struct X { 
>> >> char * name; char email[100]; 
>> >> }; 
>> >> 
>> >> if (strcmp(pX->name, "a") == ) {} 
>> >> if (strcmp(pX->email, "a") == ) {} 
>> >> 
>> >> Both compiles and have the same syntax. Bust just one of then can 
>> >> "explode" that is strcmp(pX->name, "a"). 
>> > 
>> > What do you mean "explode"? (BTW, I'm assuming struct X *pX;)
>> I won't see Thiago's reply. 
>> 
>> Consider 
>> struct X liveX = {NULL,"a"}; 
>> struct X *pX = &liveX; 
>> 
>> strcmp(pX->name,"a"); 
>> 
>> What happens when strcmp() dereferences pX->name and tries to 
>> compare the string at NULL to the string "a" ? 
>> 
>
> Yes, this is my point.
>
> #include <string.h>
>
> struct X {
>   char * name;
>   char email[100];
> }; 
>
> void F(struct X* p) {
>     if (strcmp(p->name, "name") == 0 || 
>         strcmp(p->email, "email") == 0)
>     {}
> }
> int main(){
>   struct X x = {0};
>   F(&x);
> }

OK.  Not an easy guess for me because email can also "explode" if it's
not null terminated (technically even when compared to "a").  The
initial value of both members determines what operations are valid on
them.

-- 
Ben.

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C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-27 16:06 -0700
  Re: C naming conventions antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2022-08-27 23:42 +0000
    Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-28 20:42 -0700
      Re: C naming conventions luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 19:12 -0700
        Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-30 10:54 -0700
          Re: C naming conventions Opus <ifonly@youknew.org> - 2022-08-30 20:21 +0200
  Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 09:02 -0700
    Re: C naming conventions Opus <ifonly@youknew.org> - 2022-08-29 20:06 +0200
      Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 18:15 -0700
        Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 18:46 -0700
          Re: C naming conventions Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@example.invalid> - 2022-09-06 02:21 -0400
            Re: C naming conventions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-09-06 10:52 +0100
            Re: C naming conventions Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-09-06 11:03 -0700
        Re: C naming conventions Opus <ifonly@youknew.org> - 2022-08-30 05:22 +0200
    Re: C naming conventions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-29 21:25 +0100
  Re: C naming conventions Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2022-08-31 01:38 +0300
    Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-31 04:37 -0700
      Re: C naming conventions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-31 15:30 +0100
        Re: C naming conventions Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2022-08-31 14:50 +0000
          Re: C naming conventions scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-31 14:57 +0000
            Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-31 08:44 -0700
          Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-31 08:36 -0700
            Re: C naming conventions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-31 17:54 +0100
          Re: C naming conventions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-31 17:50 +0100
            Re: C naming conventions Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2022-08-31 17:14 +0000
              Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-31 10:21 -0700
      Re: C naming conventions Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2022-09-05 23:31 +0300
      Re: C naming conventions Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2022-09-05 21:44 +0100
        Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-09-05 18:00 -0700
      Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-09-11 09:22 -0700
        Re: C naming conventions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-09-11 20:33 +0100
          Re: C naming conventions Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-09-11 13:18 -0700
          Re: C naming conventions luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2022-09-11 21:16 -0700
            Re: C naming conventions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-09-12 11:51 +0100
  Re: C naming conventions luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2022-08-30 19:36 -0700
  Re: C naming conventions kegs@provalid.com (Kent Dickey) - 2022-09-05 17:59 +0000
    Re: C naming conventions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-09-12 07:12 -0700
      Re: C naming conventions kegs@provalid.com (Kent Dickey) - 2022-09-13 03:53 +0000
        Re: C naming conventions Kaz Kylheku <480-992-1380@kylheku.com> - 2022-09-13 05:38 +0000
          Re: C naming conventions scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-09-13 13:30 +0000
        Re: C naming conventions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-09-13 05:18 -0700
          Re: C naming conventions kegs@provalid.com (Kent Dickey) - 2022-09-13 22:55 +0000
            Re: C naming conventions "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-09-13 16:58 -0700
            Re: C naming conventions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-09-14 08:05 -0700
  Re: C naming conventions Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@example.invalid> - 2022-09-06 02:16 -0400
  Re: C naming conventions Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-11 19:31 +0200
    Re: C naming conventions "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-09-12 00:45 -0700
  Re: C naming conventions Jonathan Harston <jgh@mdfs.net> - 2022-09-27 06:00 -0700
  Re: C naming conventions John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2022-09-30 13:02 -0500
    Re: C naming conventions Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2022-09-30 18:32 +0000
      Re: C naming conventions scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-10-01 16:26 +0000
    Re: C naming conventions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-10-01 00:54 +0100
      Re: C naming conventions Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@gmail.com> - 2022-10-01 00:35 -0400
        Re: C naming conventions Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2022-10-01 08:12 +0000
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