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| From | boltar@nowhere.org |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: two's complement idea |
| Date | 2020-01-24 12:27 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <r0enql$1krl$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <qppva0$cbj$1@news.albasani.net> <r0bnrq$t9g$1@gioia.aioe.org> <KsrWF.100713$UPz1.20603@fx15.am4> |
On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 01:08:54 +0000 Bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote: >On 23/01/2020 09:29, boltar@nowhere.org wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:09:15 +0100 >> "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> wrote: >>> Op 22.jan..2020 om 20:04 schreef Christian Gollwitzer: >>>> Am 22.01.20 um 12:26 schrieb boltar@nowhere.org: >>>>> I have paint to watch drying instead. >>>> Nice idiom >>>> >>>>> No doubt it comes from the same ivory >>>>> tower that claims gotos should never be used. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Ivory tower, for sure? We have while, for, break, continue, return, and >>>> exceptions. All these compile to some sort of goto in machine code. >>>> >>>> What good reasons are left for a literal goto? I can see it in C for >>>> error handling (because it lacks exceptions) - in C++ there is hardly a >>>> good reason IMHO. >>>> >>>> Â Â Â Â Christian >>> >>> Maybe to exit nested loops? I wonder why C++ does not have named loops, >>> so that in a break it would be possible to specify which loop to exit. >> >> That would be a much more useful addition to the language than the endless >edge >> case rubbish (lambda capture initialisation, digit seperators, auto returns) >> and pointless STL classes and defs (optional, variant, byte, any, data()) >> that they've thrown in since 2011. >> > >Digit separators are genuinely useful (and also incredibly simple to >implement, compared to the rest of that lot). What's the problem with them? Well ok, I'm sure they can make the code a little bit more readable. But in the scheme of things that it would be nice to have in C++ they were hardly top of the list whereas named loops is an extremely useful language construct and should be easy to implement.
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Re: two's complement idea Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-24 17:35 +0000
Re: two's complement idea Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-01-24 22:27 +0200
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Re: two's complement idea Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-01-25 04:15 -0800
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Re: two's complement idea Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-25 01:19 +0000
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Re: two's complement idea Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-25 11:57 +0000
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Re: two's complement idea Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-25 14:58 +0000
Re: two's complement idea Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2020-01-26 07:58 +1300
Re: two's complement idea David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-25 20:34 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-01-25 12:41 -0800
Re: two's complement idea Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-01-26 16:08 +0200
Re: two's complement idea Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-01-27 02:20 -0800
Re: two's complement idea Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-01-27 15:03 +0200
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Re: two's complement idea Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-04-02 07:05 -0700
Re: two's complement idea Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-04-02 20:03 +0300
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Re: two's complement idea Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-01-25 22:22 +0000
Re: two's complement idea James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-01-25 18:24 -0500
Re: two's complement idea David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-26 12:54 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-26 12:44 +0000
Re: two's complement idea David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-26 14:58 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-26 14:53 +0000
Re: two's complement idea David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-26 19:10 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2020-01-26 13:20 -0600
Re: two's complement idea Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-26 20:51 +0000
Re: two's complement idea Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2020-01-26 21:02 -0600
Re: two's complement idea Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-01-26 19:06 -0800
Re: two's complement idea Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-27 18:50 +0000
Re: two's complement idea Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2020-01-27 14:18 -0600
Re: two's complement idea David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-27 22:13 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-27 21:38 +0000
Re: two's complement idea Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2020-01-27 19:37 -0600
Re: two's complement idea Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-01-27 19:15 -0800
Re: two's complement idea "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2020-01-28 11:45 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2020-01-27 16:31 +1300
Re: two's complement idea Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2020-01-26 18:50 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-01-26 18:57 +0000
Re: two's complement idea David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-26 20:46 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2020-01-26 13:14 -0600
Re: two's complement idea David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-26 22:15 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2020-01-27 21:06 -0600
Re: two's complement idea David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-28 13:08 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-01-27 01:50 -0800
Re: two's complement idea Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2020-01-27 08:21 +1300
Re: two's complement idea David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-25 20:14 +0100
Re: two's complement idea David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-25 20:12 +0100
Re: two's complement idea Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-01-27 07:48 -0800
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