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| From | BartC <bc@freeuk.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: standard error codes |
| Date | 2017-01-10 20:35 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <o53gf8$ls$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (10 earlier) <546841f1-b478-44dc-abc0-22ca4f46e553@googlegroups.com> <o51dsp$eb6$1@dont-email.me> <lnfukqrghw.fsf@kst-u.example.com> <o5387t$vp5$1@dont-email.me> <ln7f62r7xp.fsf@kst-u.example.com> |
On 10/01/2017 20:12, Keith Thompson wrote: > BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes: >> In that case it would be difficult to call, if getting a 1/0 result >> means an extra instruction instead of just returning the result of a >> subtraction. > > No, it's not difficult to call. I mean it's difficult to predict which would be faster; returning 0 or 1 (which is more elegant and matches how a million other functions work), or returning some random result which has to be compared against zero. -- Bartc
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Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-09 09:06 -0800
Re: standard error codes Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2017-01-09 09:52 -0800
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Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-09 22:36 +0000
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Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-09 23:39 +0000
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Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-10 02:02 -0800
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Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-10 01:39 +0000
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 09:07 -0800
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Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 12:02 -0800
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Re: standard error codes Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-11 02:56 +0000
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Re: standard error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-10 12:59 -0800
Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-10 18:14 +0000
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 12:12 -0800
Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-10 20:35 +0000
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 13:00 -0800
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Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 18:25 +0000
Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-11 19:09 +0000
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-11 12:03 -0800
Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 20:10 +0000
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-11 12:19 -0800
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Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 21:05 +0000
Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-11 21:08 +0000
Re: standard error codes Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-01-11 21:38 +0000
Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-11 21:58 +0000
Re: standard error codes David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-12 12:11 +0100
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 09:28 -0800
Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-12 18:06 +0000
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 11:39 -0800
Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-12 19:50 +0000
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 13:03 -0800
Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-12 21:13 +0000
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Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-13 01:56 -0800
Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-13 12:54 +0000
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-13 09:35 -0800
Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-13 17:38 +0000
Re: standard error codes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-01-13 13:06 -0500
Re: standard error codes raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-18 12:00 +0000
Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-18 12:13 +0000
Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-12 16:43 -0800
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Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-13 09:27 -0800
Re: standard error codes raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-12 19:33 +0000
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 12:10 -0800
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Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 20:38 +0000
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Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 20:44 +0000
Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-09 09:03 -0800
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