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Re: EXIT_SUCCESS

From David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: EXIT_SUCCESS
Date 2016-07-26 10:43 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 25/07/16 20:04, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
>> On 25/07/16 17:06, Richard Bos wrote:
>>> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 25/07/16 12:42, jgh@mdfs.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> static const char *get_foo(size_t a)
>>>> {
>>>>     static const char *numbers[] =
>>>>     {
>>>>       "zero",
>>>>       "one",
>>>>       "two",
>>>>       "three",
>>>>       "four"
>>>>     };
>>>>     size_t maxval = sizeof numbers / sizeof numbers[0] - 1;
>>>>
>>>>     return numbers[a <= maxval ? a : maxval];
>>>> }
>>>
>>> A good solution,
>>
>> A slightly better solution (which, of course, I thought of /after/ 
>> posting) would have been to make maxval static.
> 
> And const?
> 

That would seem natural.

Neither "static" nor "const" will change the efficiency of the generated
code (assuming basic optimisations), since the compiler can see that
maxval never changes and cannot be accessed outside the function.  My
normal practice here would be to make maxval const, but not static -
since it is obvious that the value is a compile-time constant, there is
no need to ask the compiler explicitly to preserve it across function
calls by adding "static".  But it is not something I would be
particularly concerned about.

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  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-07 19:54 -0700
  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-07-08 15:03 +1200
  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-07 23:20 -0400
    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-08 10:19 +0100
      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-07-08 03:25 -0700
        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-08 13:49 +0100
        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-08 08:33 -0700
          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-07-08 18:03 +0100
            Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-08 19:11 +0100
              Re: EXIT_SUCCESS "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-07-08 14:25 -0500
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-08 20:34 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-11 19:10 -0400
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-10 01:21 -0500
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-07-10 16:09 -0600
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-10 16:01 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-07-10 18:30 -0500
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-10 17:00 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-10 22:43 -0400
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-10 22:31 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-11 08:24 +0000
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-11 19:18 -0400
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-07-11 00:47 +0000
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gordonb.0aikd@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-07-12 18:52 -0500
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-12 20:32 -0400
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-07-12 20:59 -0600
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gordonb.a2m2l@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-07-13 02:11 -0500
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-13 11:26 -0400
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-13 08:48 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-07-18 09:54 -0700
            Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-08 17:46 -0400
              Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-09 13:13 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jgh@mdfs.net - 2016-07-25 04:42 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 13:07 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Udyant Wig <udyant.wig@gmail.com> - 2016-07-25 20:05 +0530
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-25 16:06 +0000
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 17:41 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-25 11:04 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 19:14 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-25 22:00 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 22:03 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-25 22:41 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jadill33@gmail.com - 2016-07-25 14:50 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-25 15:04 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 10:43 +0200
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jadill33@gmail.com - 2016-07-25 14:41 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 10:59 +0200
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jadill33@gmail.com - 2016-07-27 06:20 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-27 15:44 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-27 16:22 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-07-27 11:20 -0600
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-27 15:32 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-28 14:47 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-25 08:46 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 12:44 +0200
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-26 08:24 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 19:26 +0200
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-26 18:03 +0100
              Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-11 19:15 -0400
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-07-11 16:46 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-15 13:51 +0000
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-07-15 08:07 -0700
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-15 14:33 -0400
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-23 09:07 +0000
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Randy Howard <rhoward.mx@EverybodyUsesIt.com> - 2016-07-23 16:44 -0500
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-25 10:36 -0400
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Randy Howard <rhoward.mx@EverybodyUsesIt.com> - 2016-07-25 15:28 -0500
              Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2016-07-18 09:45 +0200
        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gordonb.bitq1@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-07-08 17:56 -0500
  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-08 08:35 -0700
    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-31 15:03 -0700
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      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-31 15:36 -0700
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