Re: C pointer semantics with dynamically allocated struct

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: C pointer semantics with dynamically allocated struct
Date	2015-10-17 15:28 -0700
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
> On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 1:11:58 AM UTC+1, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 12/08/15 00:46, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
>>
>> I don't think it's an "actual rule". It's really only common sense. A 
>> quotation is a playing-back of something someone said (or, to be more 
>> precise, wrote). If you change the text (other than in trivial ways, 
>> such as whitespace), it is no longer a quotation.
>> 
> If you transcribe speech verbatim it's full of "kinda"s and "see what
> I mean"s, and is very difficult to read. So journalists usually recast
> it into written sentences. Occasionally they don't, when they wish
> to imply that the speaker is an idiot. It's just a trick you should
> be aware of.

The context of the discussion is quoting *written* material on Usenet.

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Re: C pointer semantics with dynamically allocated struct Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-17 12:20 -0700
  Re: C pointer semantics with dynamically allocated struct Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-17 22:29 +0100
  Re: C pointer semantics with dynamically allocated struct Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-17 15:28 -0700

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