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Re: just curious:Equel

From August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: just curious:Equel
Date 2015-09-12 17:53 +0200
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On 2015-09-11 21:06, Tim Rentsch wrote:
> August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> writes:
>> The *length* of an array is a well established concept.  On the other
>> hand I'm not familiar with the *limit* of an array.  If I saw your
>> LIMIT function I wouldn't know if it was the index of the last element
>> or the length of an array.
>
> I think either name is okay.  Personally I would shy away from
> LENGTH() because (a) the term "length" is pretty overloaded (eg,
> strlen())

That's true. We mustn't mix up the concepts of string length and 
(character) array length.

>>> Incidentally, you probably know this, but these NEW's can be used as
>>> parts of declarations:
>>>
>>> int *NEW( stuff, 20 );
>>
>> Or "misused", depending on how you see it. ;-)
>
> I'm sure some people do see it that way.  I myself don't have so
> strong a reaction as that.  Generally I like to save up my
> judgmental disapproval for constructs that are unequivocally
> inexcusable, and this one doesn't rise to that level.

Personally, I only use macros when nothing else will do, and I only use 
them in non-clever ways.


-- August

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just curious:Equel G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 22:37 -0700
  Re: just curious:Equel James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-09-02 09:56 -0400
    Re: just curious:Equel Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-02 16:03 +0100
      Re: just curious:Equel "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 08:12 -0700
        Re: just curious:Equel gordonb.d8f7l@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-09-02 11:09 -0500
        Re: just curious:Equel Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 17:27 +0100
          Re: just curious:Equel "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 09:36 -0700
            Re: just curious:Equel Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 17:57 +0100
              Re: just curious:Equel August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 22:34 +0200
                Re: just curious:Equel Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 21:48 +0100
                Re: just curious:Equel August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 09:31 +0200
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 13:29 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-09-02 17:09 -0400
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 13:33 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 12:56 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 10:57 +0200
                Re: just curious:Equel Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-09-07 19:29 +0000
                Re: just curious:Equel James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-09-07 15:49 -0400
                Re: just curious:Equel Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-09-10 16:44 +0000
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-07 23:12 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 10:35 +0200
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-09 10:22 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 10:21 +0200
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-11 12:06 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 17:53 +0200
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-26 16:04 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-09-26 16:17 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-01 12:53 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 18:00 +0200
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-01 12:51 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2015-09-23 22:18 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 10:08 +0200
                Re: just curious:Equel Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-24 10:23 +0100
                Re: just curious:Equel Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2015-09-24 10:28 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-24 19:56 +0100
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-26 16:16 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 08:18 +0200
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-26 16:10 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-09-27 11:40 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-29 10:03 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 13:25 -0700
                Re: just curious:Equel Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2015-09-07 09:14 +0000
          Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 15:44 -0700
            Re: just curious:Equel Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-06 17:27 -0700
              Re: just curious:Equel Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-08 10:49 -0700
      Re: just curious:Equel James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-09-02 11:49 -0400
        Re: just curious:Equel Jay Braun <lyngwyst@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 13:02 -0700
          Re: just curious:Equel "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 13:08 -0700
            Re: just curious:Equel G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 16:10 -0700
  Re: just curious:Equel Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-09-02 21:30 +0100
    Re: just curious:Equel "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 13:37 -0700
      Re: just curious:Equel Jay Braun <lyngwyst@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 13:44 -0700
        Re: just curious:Equel "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 13:52 -0700
    Re: just curious:Equel G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 16:07 -0700
    Re: just curious:Equel Andreas Perstinger <andipersti@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 08:49 +0000
      Re: just curious:Equel Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-09-03 10:47 +0100
  Re: just curious:Equel G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 16:17 -0700

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