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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: error in code |
| Date | 2011-05-29 18:50 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnoc2lq7m5.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (permalink) |
| References | <4de14d0c$0$1943$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net> <irtvr8$fj1$1@speranza.aioe.org> <hpr5u6199obk5qbaoi8h9ef3larak06m5s@4ax.com> |
Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> writes:
> On Sun, 29 May 2011 19:30:18 +0200, jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Le 28/05/11 21:28, Bill Cunningham a écrit :
[...]
>>> double a[] = 2.2, 4.2, 5.00;
[...]
>>
>>Thanks a lot Bill.
>>
>>For unknown reasons (normally I ignore your threads) I typed your code
>>and compiled it with lcc-win.
>>
>>NO ERRORS.
>>
>>WHAT?
>>
>>Yes, lcc-win issued NO ERRORS AT ALL.
>>
>>After a lot of work I found that I introduced a bug by eliminating a
>>call to "error" when after an equals sign in an array initialization
>>I do not find an opening brace.
>>
>>Why did I do that?
>>
>>Forgot, this bug is there since at least 3-4 years...
>>
>>Well, thanks for your questions.
>
>
> I think I just spotted someone who doesn't use regression tests and
> who doesn't have a standard set of pass/fail tests for his compiler.
Or someone who didn't happen to have a regression test for that
particular case.
How big a regression test suite would you need to catch all possible C
coding errors?
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
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error in code "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-05-28 15:28 -0400
Re: error in code pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2011-05-28 21:49 +0200
Re: error in code "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-05-28 16:12 -0400
Re: error in code Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-28 15:33 -0500
Re: error in code "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-05-28 17:12 -0400
Re: error in code Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-28 14:26 -0700
Re: error in code Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-28 16:29 -0500
Re: error in code Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-05-28 17:26 -0600
Re: error in code Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-28 14:20 -0700
Re: error in code "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-05-29 02:16 -0400
Re: error in code Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2011-05-28 16:35 -0400
Re: error in code "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-05-29 15:50 -0400
Re: error in code Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-05-29 20:39 -0600
Re: error in code Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-28 13:46 -0700
Re: error in code Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-05-28 23:06 +0100
Re: error in code Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-29 10:10 +1200
Re: error in code Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-29 10:09 +1200
Re: error in code Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-28 22:28 +0000
Re: error in code Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-29 10:37 +1200
Re: error in code Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-28 22:45 +0000
Re: error in code Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-29 10:48 +1200
Re: error in code Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-28 22:56 +0000
Re: error in code Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-29 00:38 +0000
Re: error in code "Morris Keesan" <mkeesan@post.harvard.edu> - 2011-05-28 23:11 -0400
Re: error in code Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-28 15:54 -0700
Re: error in code Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-05-28 17:23 -0600
Re: error in code jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-29 19:30 +0200
Re: error in code Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-29 18:14 -0700
Re: error in code Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-29 18:50 -0700
Re: error in code Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-29 19:10 -0700
Re: error in code Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-30 02:54 +0000
Re: error in code Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-29 20:35 -0700
Re: error in code Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-30 06:15 +0000
Re: error in code jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-30 08:46 +0200
Re: error in code Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-30 18:50 -0700
Re: error in code Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-31 10:49 -0700
Re: error in code Peter Nilsson <airia@acay.com.au> - 2011-05-29 21:04 -0700
Re: error in code jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-30 08:44 +0200
Re: error in code Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-31 01:35 -0700
Re: error in code pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry) - 2011-05-31 23:36 +0000
Re: error in code Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-01 03:01 -0700
Re: error in code Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-01 08:08 -0700
Re: error in code Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-01 12:50 -0700
Re: error in code Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-01 13:26 -0700
Re: error in code Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-02 18:10 -0700
Re: error in code jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-06-03 11:55 +0200
Re: error in code Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-03 19:37 -0700
Re: error in code jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-06-04 08:13 +0200
Re: error in code Nisse Engström <news.NOSPAM.idf0Z@luden.se> - 2011-06-01 09:02 +0200
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