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Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure

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* Martijn van Buul, on 15.04.2011 22:08:
> * Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet:
>> In modern C++ "memcpy", on its own, just says: this programmer don't even
>> know about curly braces initializations, or was not able to express the
>> logical types as C++ types, or...
>
> ... knows his stuff, but happens to be dealing with hardware interfaces,
> requiring copying of unstructured data, or has very good reasons why data needs
> to be treated as such.
>
>> So, that would most likely be a novice.
>
> Sure, *patpat*
>
>> Much less likely, I think, but still possible, it could perhaps be an
>> incompetent or someone forced by a silly coding guideline, or perhaps an MS
>> engineer[1].
>
> And you're accusing *ME* of ad hominem attacks, after you feel you can get
> away by a broad insult. Hmm.

Calling the above, even taken out of original context and placed in a misleading 
new context, an ad hominem (personal) attack, is meaningless.

It's like calling a house a banana or apple, or calling a house or a bridge evil 
or something.

It doesn't even make sense metaphorically, it's utterly and completely 
meaningless, like insane.


Anyway, what I wrote and you misprepresented by snipping context and adding a 
new implied one, was,

<<
It's about the same as, in the 1970's, one could say that every "goto" was the 
sign of a novice.

Sure, there are situations where it's the right thing to do. And yes, when there 
is a "goto" which is at least arguably acceptable, then it was most likely 
placed there by a very competent person (since chances of anyone else managing 
that feat would be infinitesimal). Then you can weight up other evidence to 
counter the evidence that the "goto" gives by itself.

In modern C++ "memcpy", on its own, just says: this programmer don't even know 
about curly braces initializations, or was not able to express the logical types 
as C++ types, or... So, that would most likely be a novice. Much less likely, I 
think, but still possible, it could perhaps be an incompetent or someone forced 
by a silly coding guideline, or perhaps an MS engineer[1].
 >>


Goodbye.

- Alf

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Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "A" <a@a.a> - 2011-04-14 17:25 +0200
  Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure cg_chas <cg_chas@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-14 11:38 -0400
    Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "A" <a@a.a> - 2011-04-14 17:44 +0200
      Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "A" <a@a.a> - 2011-04-14 17:55 +0200
        Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure cg_chas <cg_chas@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-14 11:57 -0400
        Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "A" <a@a.a> - 2011-04-14 17:59 +0200
          Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure cg_chas <cg_chas@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-14 12:06 -0400
          Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Thomas J. Gritzan" <phygon_antispam@gmx.de> - 2011-04-14 18:09 +0200
          Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 18:15 +0200
            Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure Martijn van Buul <pino@dohd.org> - 2011-04-14 16:30 +0000
              Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 18:39 +0200
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure Martijn van Buul <pino@dohd.org> - 2011-04-14 17:01 +0000
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 19:12 +0200
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 14:32 -0700
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 23:48 +0200
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 04:23 -0700
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure cg_chas <cg_chas@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-15 09:32 -0400
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure cg_chas <cg_chas@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-15 09:38 -0400
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 18:48 +0200
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure cg_chas <cg_chas@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-15 13:21 -0400
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 19:31 +0200
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 11:45 -0700
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-04-16 23:07 +0000
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure Martijn van Buul <pino@dohd.org> - 2011-04-15 20:08 +0000
                Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 22:34 +0200
      Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure cg_chas <cg_chas@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-14 11:56 -0400
        Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "A" <a@a.a> - 2011-04-14 18:02 +0200
          Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure cg_chas <cg_chas@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-14 12:15 -0400
      Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Thomas J. Gritzan" <phygon_antispam@gmx.de> - 2011-04-14 18:04 +0200
        Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "A" <a@a.a> - 2011-04-14 18:15 +0200
          Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Thomas J. Gritzan" <phygon_antispam@gmx.de> - 2011-04-14 18:21 +0200
      Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-04-14 17:21 +0100
  Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 18:10 +0200
  Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure Noah Roberts <dont@email.me> - 2011-04-14 09:31 -0700
    Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure "A" <a@a.a> - 2011-04-14 21:06 +0200
  Re: Simple structure and copying data to pointer of the same structure Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 00:05 -0700

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