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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Point
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:31:34 -0400
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On Sun Jun 23 12:57:41 EDT 2002 [sic], sah@softcardsystems.com wrote:
>
> f() {
> 	Point p;
>
> 	p = (Point){ 0, 0 };	/* (a) */
> 	p = Pt(0, 0);		/* (b) */
> }
>
> What's the difference between (a),(b) here?

The first is a type constructor, a C extension
that Plan 9 added.  The second is a function call.
The benefit of the first is that you don't need to
define the constructor function elsewhere (it's in draw.h,
in this case).  If you're writing code that has to
compile elsewhere, the second is usually the way to go.

Russ