Re: counting bytes

From	Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: counting bytes
Date	2015-07-25 14:04 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 7/25/2015 11:48 AM, Malcolm McLean wrote:
> On Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 5:39:56 PM UTC+1, Martin Shobe wrote:
>> On 7/25/2015 4:22 AM, Malcolm McLean wrote:
>>
>>
>> That's not certain to hold in any case, void * would have to be able to
>> round trip pointers to tiny_t whatever the relative sizes.
>>
> That requirement means no-one will implement narrow byte types
> on small computers, which is where they are needed. A 64 bitter
> can store three extra bits in the pointer, but, unless you are
> working on some massive dataset, you're unlikely to need to be
> miserly with memory when you've got gigabytes plugged in.

The question isn't whether or not anyone will ever implement it. The 
question is whether or not it can be done while still conforming.

Martin Shobe

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counting bytes bilsch01 <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-06-06 04:58 -0700
  Re: counting bytes Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-06 13:05 +0100
    Re: counting bytes bilsch01 <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-06-06 05:24 -0700
      Re: counting bytes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-06 05:41 -0700
        Re: counting bytes Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-06 14:00 +0100
      Re: counting bytes Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-06 13:52 +0100
      Re: counting bytes Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-06-06 10:27 -0400
        Re: counting bytes jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-06-06 22:31 +0000
          THANKS EVERYBODY FOR THE INFO bilsch01 <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-06-06 23:35 -0700
            Re: THANKS EVERYBODY FOR THE INFO Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-07 10:08 +0100
              Re: THANKS EVERYBODY FOR THE INFO Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-07 09:22 -0700
                Re: THANKS EVERYBODY FOR THE INFO Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-07 18:07 +0100
                Re: THANKS EVERYBODY FOR THE INFO Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-08 04:03 -0700
                Re: THANKS EVERYBODY FOR THE INFO Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-11 08:12 -0700
            Re: THANKS EVERYBODY FOR THE INFO Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-07 08:01 -0700
          Re: counting bytes gordonb.3gcai@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-06-07 05:02 -0500
          Re: counting bytes David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-07 15:32 +0200
            Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-07 12:48 -0700
              Re: counting bytes David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-07 23:05 +0200
                Re: counting bytes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-06-07 22:17 +0100
                Re: counting bytes David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-07 23:49 +0200
                Re: counting bytes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-06-07 23:37 +0100
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-11 08:25 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-11 08:21 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-11 13:54 -0500
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-20 06:33 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-20 09:51 -0500
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-24 09:49 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-24 12:26 -0500
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-30 11:16 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-30 23:15 -0500
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-02 06:07 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-08-02 14:31 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-09 05:31 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-08-09 17:09 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-05 09:58 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-05 19:29 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 14:38 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-06 17:46 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-07 23:50 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-09-06 22:00 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-07 23:24 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-07-24 20:03 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-24 22:13 -0500
                Re: counting bytes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-25 02:22 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-25 11:39 -0500
                Re: counting bytes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-25 09:48 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-25 14:04 -0500
                Re: counting bytes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-25 14:22 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-07-25 11:07 -0400
                Re: counting bytes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-25 12:43 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-07-25 13:32 -0400
                Re: counting bytes glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-25 20:14 +0000
                Re: counting bytes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-25 17:24 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-25 14:42 -0700
                Re: counting bytes glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-25 23:02 +0000
                Re: counting bytes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-25 19:17 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-25 16:37 -0700
                Re: counting bytes glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-26 06:10 +0000
                Re: counting bytes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-26 08:31 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-30 21:32 +0100
                Re: counting bytes raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-07-31 13:25 +0000
                Re: counting bytes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-31 11:31 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-31 11:30 -0700
                Re: counting bytes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-31 14:29 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-31 12:14 -0700
                Re: counting bytes David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 17:39 -0700
                Re: counting bytes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-31 23:32 -0400
                Re: counting bytes David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-01 16:41 -0700
                Re: counting bytes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-01 20:23 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-31 11:01 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-07-25 19:42 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-30 12:16 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-30 22:04 +0100
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-02 06:10 -0700
                Re: counting bytes David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-07-25 19:10 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-07-25 22:16 -0400
                Re: counting bytes David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-07-25 19:46 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-30 11:52 -0700
                Re: counting bytes raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-07-31 08:51 +0000
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-02 06:19 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-08-01 09:39 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-01 13:06 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-08-01 20:43 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-02 06:52 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-08-02 15:14 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-09 07:54 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-08-09 16:43 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-05 10:48 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-07-11 17:50 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-20 06:36 -0700
                Re: counting bytes raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-07-20 15:14 +0000
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-24 09:38 -0700
                Re: counting bytes raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-07-25 19:12 +0000
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-30 12:18 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-11 17:03 -0700
                Re: counting bytes glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-12 00:15 +0000
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-11 17:42 -0700
                Re: counting bytes glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-12 02:46 +0000
                Re: counting bytes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-12 12:33 -0400
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-20 06:48 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-20 11:18 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-24 09:58 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-24 11:14 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-30 11:02 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-30 13:10 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-01 10:53 -0700
                Re: counting bytes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-07 14:46 -0700
                Re: counting bytes David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-08 09:05 +0200
  Re: counting bytes Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-06-06 05:06 -0700
  Re: counting bytes bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-07-26 00:58 +0200
    Re: counting bytes bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-07-26 01:00 +0200

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