From: "Theodore E. Dennison" <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com>
Subject: Re: To Initialise or not
Date: 1996/05/02
Date: 1996-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3188AF51.1F1A7590@escmail.orl.mmc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Dqqws5.Dvr@world.std.com
Robert A Duff wrote:
>
> In article <318792E8.28CC1042@escmail.orl.mmc.com>,
> Theodore E. Dennison <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com> wrote:
> >Yes, but I don't think any compiler COULD easily help enforce this (It
> >sounds a lot like the halting problem to me). That is what code
> >walkthroughs are for.
>
> A compiler can *easily* detect uninitialized variables at run time.
> Yes, it's nicer to know about it at compile time, when possible, but as
Well, no. A compiler can't detect a thing at run-time. The compiler is
not even running then. It is happily asleep on the disk, dreaming
compiler dreams.
I do see what you are getting at, but I don't think adding a "dirty
bit" to every varaible is a serious consideration. (At least, the
systems programmer in me HOPES it isn't).
--
T.E.D.
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Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-04-29 0:00 To Initialise or not Steve O'Neill
1996-04-29 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-30 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-04-30 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-01 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-05-01 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-05-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-01 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-05-01 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-05-01 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-04 0:00 ` Kevin D. Heatwole
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison [this message]
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Chris Warack <sys mgr>
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-06 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-06 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-08 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-09 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-05-06 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-06 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-08 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-10 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-10 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-11 0:00 ` David Kristola
1996-05-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-01 0:00 ` Patrick Richard Wibbeler
1996-05-06 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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