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| From | Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Array sizes and const |
| Date | 2012-06-03 14:35 +0100 |
| Message-Id | <pan.2012.06.03.13.35.48.626000@nowhere.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| References | <jqdtou$koe$1@dont-email.me> <pan.2012.06.02.22.50.02.517000@nowhere.com> <a2vjr4F47cU5@mid.individual.net> |
| Organization | Zen Internet |
On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:53:24 +1200, Ian Collins wrote:
>> If you want a compile-time integer constant, you can use enum, e.g.:
>>
>> enum { size = SIZE };
>>
>> This "trick" is still quite common in C++ code due to some compilers being
>> a bit late to accept that a "static const" member really is a compile-time
>> constant in C++, and the preprocessor not being an acceptable substitute
>> when the name has to belong to a class or namespace.
>
> Only in code written in the last century!
Or code intended to work with compilers written in the last century.
For large code bases, it's not uncommon to just keep using the compiler
for which the very first lines of code were written, which then requires
keeping all subsequent code compatible with that compiler.
Although I don't think you'd actually have to go back 12 years to find a
compiler that didn't handle "static const" correctly.
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Array sizes and const Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-06-02 15:43 -0500
Re: Array sizes and const Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-03 08:56 +1200
Re: Array sizes and const Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-02 16:59 -0400
Re: Array sizes and const Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-06-02 16:35 -0500
Re: Array sizes and const jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-06-08 20:05 +0000
Re: Array sizes and const jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-06-09 21:36 +0000
Re: Array sizes and const Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-06-02 16:43 -0500
Re: Array sizes and const Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-02 14:59 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-06-02 17:12 -0500
Re: Array sizes and const Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-02 18:27 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-06-02 22:27 -0500
Re: Array sizes and const "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-03 11:24 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-03 13:51 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-04 12:20 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-06-04 13:54 +0200
Re: Array sizes and const Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-04 14:32 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-06-02 23:50 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-03 10:53 +1200
Re: Array sizes and const Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-06-03 14:35 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-02 21:11 -0400
Re: Array sizes and const Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-03 07:39 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-03 16:03 -0400
Re: Array sizes and const Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-03 21:49 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-03 14:49 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-03 15:02 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-04 01:21 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 09:08 +1200
Re: Array sizes and const Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-03 15:08 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 10:37 +1200
Re: Array sizes and const "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-03 23:47 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 10:55 +1200
Re: Array sizes and const Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-03 16:04 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 11:14 +1200
Re: Array sizes and const "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-04 00:23 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 11:30 +1200
Re: Array sizes and const "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-04 00:52 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 12:04 +1200
Re: Array sizes and const Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-04 01:39 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-04 02:35 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-04 01:33 +0100
Re: Array sizes and const Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 12:35 +1200
Re: Array sizes and const pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry) - 2012-06-04 21:28 +0000
Re: Array sizes and const James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-04 12:08 -0400
Re: Array sizes and const jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-06-04 22:49 +0000
Re: Array sizes and const David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2012-06-03 15:46 -0500
Re: Array sizes and const Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-06-08 02:08 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-06-08 06:45 -0500
Re: Array sizes and const Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-06-08 10:49 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-06-08 18:05 -0500
Re: Array sizes and const Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-08 13:31 -0700
Re: Array sizes and const Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-06-08 20:30 -0700
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