On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 03:15:35PM -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 03:34:22PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> > At 01:25 PM 11/28/00 -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> > >On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 07:03:49PM +0000, Tom Hughes wrote:
> > > > Applying the maxim that any software design problem can be solved
> > > > with sufficient levels of abstraction I'd suggest that passing some
> > >
> > >A related warning sign is trying to cram different semantic levels or
> > >types into same data. (C's "string model" being perhaps the most
> > >obvious example, getchar() having to be an int is another, "0 but true"
> > >a third...I want a "1 but false" :-)
> >
> > Which ways is that one being violated? (I can think of a couple
> > personally... :)
>
> Embedding the (fixed-length) length into the data. As Nicholas points
> out, that is naughty. Remember:
>
> sizeof(char) >= sizeof(short) >= sizeof(int) >= sizeof(long)
I think it's time for me to go home for today. Please reverse the >
signs as you read :-)
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