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Plauger, size_t and ptrdiff_t 26 36 (2/17/2006 6:59:37 AM) comp.lang.c In another thread, a poster mentioned the Posix ssize_t definition (signed version of size_t). My initial reaction was to wonder what the point of the Posix definition was when ptrdiff_t was already defined as... robertwessel2

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Order of preprocessor macro replacement 4 3 (6/15/2013 2:27:57 PM) comp.lang.c Hello. I found that the C standard prescribes that once a translation unit has undergone macro replacement once, it will be rescanned for further macros to be replacement and again and again until there are no ... samjnaa (35)

I think this is a disadvantag 34 3 (6/15/2013 12:24:19 PM) comp.lang.c On the general rules i think a thing like this is not possible: int sum; ..... int sum(int num) { ..... return sum; } C does not permit (in my case, at least) to use the same name o... 2970invalid (71)

Overload ambiguity between f(int,int) and f(double,double)? 10 1 (6/15/2013 4:11:42 AM) comp.lang.c++ Hello. Please consider the following code: # include void foo ( int a, int b ) { std::cout << "foo(int,int)\n" ; } void foo ( double a, double b ) { std::cout << "foo(double,double)\n" ; } int main () {... samjnaa (35)

Initialiazing a malloced struct to all-0 24 14 (4/25/2013 3:10:55 PM) comp.lang.c Hello everyone, Typically when I want to initialize an auto struct to "all-0" values, I write struct foo bar = { 0 }; and let the compiler correctly set arithmetic values to the appropriate 0 or 0.... Noob

according to MS, stricmp is deprecated 20 16 (4/25/2013 8:32:53 PM) comp.lang.c++ According to Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, stricmp is deprecated and they want us to use _stricmp. Does anyone know why? Does anyone recommend a good replacement? Thanks, Lynn McGuire ... lmc (187)

struct padding is slower than struct packing 19 14 (5/2/2013 11:17:02 PM) comp.lang.c Hi all, As far as I understand, struct padding is implemented in order to speed up = the execution of a program. I did this small example below in order to veri= fy this issue. However, surprisingly, my pr... diegotorquemada1 (83)

understanding this (dmc c compiler) 27 3 (5/26/2013 5:27:27 PM) comp.lang.c Hullo all, recently I encountered this -> http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/primevalC.html these are sources of original c compiler, these are quite fine for me, short and fine (though not documente... profesor.fir (148)

ARM compiler 22 4 (5/27/2013 10:07:31 PM) comp.arch.embedded I'm trying to recreate a simple ARM compatible processor in a FPGA. I did one similar to the 68HC11 in my Digital Design course in school. But when we did the assembly language we had to hand assemble it as w... TonyStarkPE

would it be possible to use minus in identifiers ? 33 2 (6/9/2013 2:36:28 PM) comp.lang.c would it be possible to use minus sign in c identifiers (I mean function names and variable names for example int my-foo() { } int some-a-wariable = 10; I mean would it be possible to write c ... profesor.fir (148)

Wikipedia goes wrong: is this possible? 101 4 (6/13/2013 12:27:40 PM) comp.lang.c I do not know you but i consider Wikipedia one of the more ugly things on internet and in general in the humanity history. I detest anything is Wiki and like Wiki, i consider a similar approach about the vari... 2970invalid (71)