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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: the loop control |
| Date | 2011-11-01 07:30 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <j8ol87$t5e$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <j8meed$p0j$1@reader1.panix.com> <878vo0kgzj.fsf@bazspaz.fatphil.org> <slrn3vfsjaue9u.fu6.ike@sverige.freeshell.org> <j8njtb$vhv$1@dont-email.me> <slrn3vfsjavg8r.mq4.ike@iceland.freeshell.org> |
On 11/01/2011 05:51 AM, Ike Naar wrote:
> On 2011-11-01, James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> wrote:
>> On 10/31/2011 08:11 PM, Ike Naar wrote:
...
>> The meaning of 'count' and 'point' do not change anywhere within the
>> following code:
>>
>> void zero_array(
>> int *point,
>> int count
>> ){
>> while(count-- > 0)
>> *point = 0;
Correction:
*point++ = 0;
>> }
>>
>> At the start of the function, and at the end of each pass through the
>> loop, 'count' contains the number of elements that still need to be
>> zeroed, and if that count is non-zero, then 'point' points at the first
>> of the elements that still need to be zeroed.
>
> This is not an example where one needs a local variable to maintain
> an unmodified copy of the original.
Well, true - that was precisely my point. As a result:
> In the simpler example that you showed (only one sweep
> across the point array), one can make a tradeoff between two
> desirable objectives:
> a) keeping the parameters constant
> b) minimizing the number of local variables
>
> I think a) vs. b) is a honest tradeoff, and not a dumb vs. smart question.
I'm in perfect agreement with that.
...
>>> If somebody has a different view, it's not necessarily because they
>>> are "unable" to see things your way.
>>
>> He's not addressing your failure to agree with him, but rather your
>> claim that the alternative approach leads to confusion. He's saying, in
>> essence, that any person who would be confused for that reason still has
>> a lot to learn about programming.
>
> Phil was talking to Joe; I am not Joe.
Sorry - I sometimes loose track of who's saying what, paying attention
only to the points that they are arguing. Your points seemed similar to
Joe's. Replace "your" with "Joe's" in the preceding paragraph.
--
James Kuyper
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Re: the loop control James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-31 15:07 -0400
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Re: the loop control jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2011-11-02 04:47 +0000
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Re: the loop control Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2011-11-01 09:51 +0000
Re: the loop control pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-11-01 05:34 -0500
Re: the loop control James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-01 07:30 -0400
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Re: the loop control Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-02 17:09 +1300
Re: the loop control Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-02 03:56 -0700
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Re: the loop control blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2011-10-31 13:06 -0700
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Re: the loop control Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-11-01 21:44 +0000
Re: the loop control Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-10-31 23:30 +0200
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Re: the loop control James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-03 18:00 -0400
Re: the loop control Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-11-04 00:43 +0000
Re: the loop control jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2011-11-11 02:24 +0000
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