From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Safety of the Booch Ada 95 Components
Date: 1999/12/12
Date: 1999-12-12T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <82up01$ddg$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1e2ns7h.cx85ir1azwo9iN%herwin@gmu.edu
In article <1e2ns7h.cx85ir1azwo9iN%herwin@gmu.edu>,
herwin@gmu.edu (Harry Erwin) wrote:
> A deep copy of a pointer data structure may require more
> memory than is available.
A naive copy may have that characteristic, but it is always
possible on modern machines to do such a copy with no additional
storage. It just takes a bit of cleverness. Remember that every
pointer has at least two spare bits.
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Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-12-10 0:00 Safety of the Booch Ada 95 Components Harry Erwin
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Harry Erwin
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-12-11 0:00 ` Harry Erwin
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Harry Erwin
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Kent Paul Dolan
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1999-12-17 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Harry Erwin
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Harry Erwin
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Harry Erwin
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Harry Erwin
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
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