From: Stefan.Lucks@uni-weimar.de
Subject: Re: Dereferencing and style guides
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:35:31 +0200
Date: 2013-10-10T09:35:31+02:00 [thread overview]
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On Mon, 7 Oct 2013, Robert A Duff wrote:
> I like the syntax of Pascal: If X is a pointer, then "X" denotes that
> pointer, "X^" denotes the object it points at (all of it!), and "X^.Y"
> denotes the Y component of the object X points at (again, all of that
> component!). And "X.Y" is illegal.
>
> Since dereference is just one character, it's not painful to read.
> And it imparts useful information.
Agreed! This is one of the few points where Ada really made things from
Pascal worse.
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-30 6:35 Dereferencing and style guides Natasha Kerensikova
2013-09-30 7:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-09-30 12:51 ` Robert A Duff
2013-09-30 16:49 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-09-30 18:18 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-10-03 19:20 ` Robert A Duff
2013-10-04 13:22 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-10-04 13:25 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-10-07 16:10 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-10-08 0:48 ` Robert A Duff
2013-10-10 7:35 ` Stefan.Lucks [this message]
2013-10-10 14:48 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-10-10 22:49 ` Robert A Duff
2013-10-11 8:07 ` Bill Findlay
2013-10-11 12:52 ` Robert A Duff
2013-10-11 13:02 ` G.B.
2013-10-11 13:19 ` Bill Findlay
2013-10-19 2:40 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-10-19 2:46 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-10-19 2:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-09-30 13:53 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
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