From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: [Q] To initialise or not.
Date: 1996/04/26
Date: 1996-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DqHoty.EFL@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3180CF00.17D5@lmtas.lmco.com
In article <3180CF00.17D5@lmtas.lmco.com>,
Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com> wrote:
>Actually, Normalize_Scalars cannot be used to ensure that objects are
>initialized before use; in fact, it definitely cannot be used to ensure
>objects have _valid_ values before use!
True, but it ensures the same sort of predictability that the "always
explicitly initialize" rule does. Hopefully, you get a run-time error
with Normalize_Scalars. Better than nothing ;-).
- Bob
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-04-25 0:00 [Q] To initialise or not JP Thornley
1996-04-26 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-04-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1996-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-04-26 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-04-27 0:00 ` Thorsten Behrens
1996-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-30 0:00 ` mjp
1996-05-02 0:00 ` Bob Gilbert
1996-04-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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