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| Subject | Re: Copy array with small changes |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
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| From | bartc <bc@freeuk.com> |
| Message-ID | <pywpC.111248$CL3.107353@fx17.am4> (permalink) |
| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2018-03-12 14:56 +0000 |
On 12/03/2018 14:47, mark.bluemel@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, 12 March 2018 12:37:11 UTC, Spiros Bousbouras wrote: >> On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:35:32 +0000 >> bartc <bc@freeuk.com> wrote: >>> On 11/03/2018 22:13, Spiros Bousbouras wrote: > >>>> Actually something like arrsz is a better name than n. >>> >>> No, this suggests array size which in C usually means byte-size, not >>> number of elements. >> >> You have any statistics to back this up ? I always use it to mean number >> of elements. > > It means byte-size to 100% of 'bartc' which is the important thing. So referring to the length of the array as its size, even though throughout the language 'sizeof(array)' refers to its byte-size not its length, is not going to be confusing at all. OK.... (What would the parameter be named if it /was/ intended to be its byte-size?)
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Copy array with small changes Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2018-03-11 22:51 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-03-11 15:11 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-03-11 18:12 -0400
Re: Copy array with small changes Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2018-03-11 22:35 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-03-13 13:10 -0400
Re: Copy array with small changes Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2018-03-11 22:13 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2018-03-12 00:04 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-03-12 10:35 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2018-03-12 12:37 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-03-12 13:10 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-03-12 13:34 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-03-17 09:22 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2018-03-12 07:47 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-03-12 14:56 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2018-03-12 15:14 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2018-03-12 08:53 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-03-12 09:08 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-03-12 09:57 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-03-13 13:21 -0400
Re: Copy array with small changes Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2018-03-12 15:25 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2018-03-12 15:09 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-03-12 06:59 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2018-03-12 15:55 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-03-12 15:07 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2018-03-12 09:03 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-03-12 17:42 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2018-03-12 23:33 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-03-12 23:44 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-03-17 09:48 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-03-18 03:31 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2018-03-22 17:10 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-03-17 09:24 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-03-17 18:04 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-03-26 22:55 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-03-27 15:28 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-03-28 14:42 -0700
Re: Copy array with small changes Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-03-13 12:46 +0000
Re: Copy array with small changes Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-03-12 22:36 +0300
Re: Copy array with small changes Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-03-12 23:32 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-03-13 10:42 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2018-03-13 11:37 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-03-13 21:27 +0100
Re: Copy array with small changes Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-03-17 09:55 -0700
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