From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@planete.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] no const?
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 13:34:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <019c01c01f08$eecbb1a0$89c584c3@cybercable.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <39C0DC0F.F5ECF968@arl.army.mil>
From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <gwyn@arl.army.mil>
>
> If the malloced pointer is stored in a properly declared variable,
> then subsequent attempts to modify the pointed-to storage result
> in a diagnostic. Since the actual dynamic storage is not inherently
> read-only, that is the best that one could hope for from the language.
hope? i don't see the point of adding a buncha extra code to the
compiler in the 'hope' that things will be better.
> No, complaining serves no purpose. Critiquing can be useful if
> the analysis uncovers some interesting principles or facts.
oh semantics...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-09-15 11:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-09-13 14:00 David L Rubin
2000-09-13 14:17 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-09-13 16:42 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-09-13 17:03 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-09-13 17:11 ` Steve Kilbane
2000-09-13 19:33 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-09-14 8:13 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-09-14 12:34 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-09-15 8:47 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-09-15 11:34 ` Boyd Roberts [this message]
2000-09-15 13:07 ` Theo Honohan
2000-09-15 14:55 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-09-16 8:51 ` Matt Lawless
2000-09-18 10:47 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-09-15 20:46 ` Steve Kilbane
2000-09-14 19:41 ` Steve Kilbane
2000-09-18 10:47 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-09-13 14:22 Russ Cox
2000-09-13 14:30 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-09-13 14:29 miller
2000-09-13 14:39 forsyth
2000-09-13 16:44 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-09-13 18:06 Russ Cox
2000-09-14 8:13 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
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