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From: "ozan s. yigit" <oz@cs.yorku.ca>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] plan or side effect
Date: Fri,  8 Mar 2002 09:59:21 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4da3d9af.0203071037.710e0f42@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C8593A3.37C00EB9@null.net>

"Fco.J.Ballesteros" wrote:

> If there are more efficient (but still correct) ways, just
> replace the implementation of strcpy. And let the programs using
> strcpy call strcpy without a preprocessor mess. cf. The Practice
> of Programming (A "must" read).

it is worth noting that the macro mess (from bits/string2.h) is not the
default; it takes quite a deliberate effort to activate, and presumably only
used by those who desperately need the "optimal" inlined code and know what
they are doing. there are similar macros that inject assembler as well. :]

oz
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-03-08  9:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-05  9:54 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-03-06  9:51 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-03-06  9:52 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2002-03-08  9:59   ` ozan s. yigit [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-03-08 19:22 forsyth
2002-03-07 13:45 rob pike
2002-03-07 15:47 ` AMSRL-CI-C
2002-03-06 10:24 geoff
2002-03-07  9:56 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2002-03-01 11:35 forsyth
2002-02-28 17:41 David Gordon Hogan
2002-03-01 10:02 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-03-01 12:07   ` Boyd Roberts
2002-03-04 10:04     ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-03-04 17:11       ` Sean Quinlan
2002-03-04 18:23       ` ozan s yigit
2002-03-05  9:41         ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-03-05  9:56           ` Boyd Roberts
2002-03-05  9:43       ` Boyd Roberts
2002-03-08 17:30         ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-03-08 18:00           ` Dan Cross
2002-03-11 10:04             ` Ralph Corderoy
2002-03-11 10:04             ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-03-01 11:57 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-02-27 15:08 presotto
2002-02-27 15:27 ` Sean Quinlan
2002-02-28  9:58   ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-02-28 12:51     ` Ralph Corderoy
2002-02-28 16:57       ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-02-28 16:01     ` AMSRL-CI-CN
2002-02-28 16:52       ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG

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