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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% |
| Date | 2019-01-01 16:09 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 01/01/2019 20:48, Keith Thompson wrote:
[...]
>> So you think it's simpler to describe it in terms of a type that exists
>> only internally in your compiler? Did you expect the rest of us to know
>> what you meant by "Bool"?
>
> You said C90 didn't have boolean types. I'm saying it doesn't matter.
> I'm sure people will easily guess how such a boolean type might work.
Yes, I said C90 didn't have a boolean type -- and you snipped the
context in which I explained why that's relevant.
> I just found it easier to think about the expression A in if(A),
> while(A) etc as requiring a Bool type, even if such a type doesn't exist
> in the language, and even if it doesn't need to be actually evaluated as
> 0 or 1 (often code can act directly on condition flags).
I believe that you find it easier. I trust you're aware that you're
not typical.
But I'm curious, do you understand the description in the standard?
Did you even know what it said before I pointed it out?
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Will write code for food.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-31 23:43 +0000
Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-31 16:44 -0800
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Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-31 19:06 -0800
Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-01 11:32 +0000
Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-01 12:48 -0800
Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-01 23:54 +0000
Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-01 16:09 -0800
Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-02 00:49 +0000
Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-01 17:53 -0800
Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-02 02:36 +0000
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Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-02 00:38 -0800
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Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-31 22:33 +0000
Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-31 13:34 -0800
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